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Impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on land use and transboundary freshwater resources #MMPMID27930317
Müller MF; Yoon J; Gorelick SM; Avisse N; Tilmant A
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016[Dec]; 113 (52): 14932-7 PMID27930317show ga
The notion that sudden impacts on shared international waters can be detected and quantified, even in a war zone, is important to scientists and policy makers, who have been stifled in the past by inaccessibility to such regions and the consequent inability to collect relevant data. Our study uses satellite imagery of war-torn Syria, showing how conflict and migration caused sudden reductions in Syrian agricultural land use and water use. An unexpected effect of the conflict was increased flow in the Yarmouk River to Jordan, which nonetheless remains one of the world?s most water-poor nations. The study illustrates that conflict and human displacement can significantly alter a basin?s water balance with dramatic effects on the transboundary partitioning of water resources.