Iraq's southern Basra Oil Company announced on Sunday that it would start cutting production from one of its oilfields wracked by controversy due to gas emissions and pollution levels it caused.
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Humvees from the 407th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at nearby Tallil Air Base patrol in the desert in 2005. (Credit: U.S. Air Forces/Master Sgt. Maurice Hessel)
Iraqi children living near a U.S. army base have elevated levels of dangerous metals in their bodies and are more likely to suffer from birth defects, according to a new study.
Farmers around the world rely on millennia-old wisdom to guide their planting. Scrambled weather and seasons are forcing them into uncharted territory.
The most volatile region in the world is about to be plunged into further chaos because of climate change, academics and international officials warned at a conference on Tuesday.
Baghdad's recent population growth has been driven by conflict as well as other more familiar issues, as people have moved from the peripheral cities most affected by the recent violence.
Agriculture ministry says that illness among the carp spread quickly because of cramped conditions in breeding cages, and that reduced water flow along the Euphrates had also contributed.
Unlike in ancient times, the storied Tigris River that runs through Baghdad is fouled by untreated sewage and dead carp, which float by in the fast-moving current.
The European Union's ambassador to Iraq said Thursday he had become sick in the city of Basra from polluted water, which has seen tens of thousands of residents hospitalised.
A new analysis points to areas where there is increasing potential for conflict as a growing demand for water collides with the impacts of climate change.
At least seven countries set March temperature records late last week. The most incredible record was Pakistan's, where it has never been so hot this early in the season.
Despite the mounting concerns over lead exposure from wild game, lead ammunition use continues as hunters and their families remain unaware or deeply mistrustful of the dangers
New study bolsters evidence that certain chemicals may alter social development—but also reinforces the protective effect of folic acid during pregnancy
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