2023 #NASA images of #Iran’s Lake Urmia, which used to be one of the largest lakes in the Middle East
MODIS Web - April 6, 2023 - Shrinking Lake Urmia
https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-04-06
vs satellite images from 9 September 2025
Satellite Photos Show Middle East’s Largest Lake on Brink of Disappearing - Newsweek - https://www.newsweek.com/iran-lake-urmia-disappearing-water-crisis-2127726
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these two studies from the World Resources Institute should freak out everybody in the United States where #techbros are bribing their way into building data centers:
from 2015
Ranking the World’s Most Water-Stressed Countries in 2040 | World Resources Institute - https://www.wri.org/insights/ranking-worlds-most-water-stressed-countries-2040
from 2023
25 Countries Face Extremely High Water Stress | World Resources Institute - https://www.wri.org/insights/highest-water-stressed-countries
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as per WRI, the top 25 countries in red alert for a #water #climateCrisis:
1. Bahrain
2. Cyprus
3. Kuwait
4. Lebanon
5. Oman
6. Qatar
7. United Arab Emirates
8. Saudi Arabia
9. Israel
10. Egypt
11. Libya
12. Yemen
13. Botswana
14. Iran
15. Jordan
16. Chile
17. San Marino
18. Belgium
19. Greece
20. Tunisia
21. Namibia
22. South Africa
23. Iraq
24. India
25. Syria
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❝ …With dry soils and high evaporation, rivers and wetlands shrank. Falling reservoir levels led to disruptions in hydropower generation, and water shortages prompted strict saving measures across parts of the capital. […] In November, President Masoud Pezeshkian said the capital would have to be moved. These cascading impacts exposed how vulnerable Tehran’s infrastructure, economy, and communities have become…
Why Tehran Is Running Out of Water https://eltahir.mit.edu/news/why-tehran-is-running-out-of-water/
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2023 #NASA images of #Iran’s Lake Urmia, which used to be one of the largest lakes in the Middle East
MODIS Web - April 6, 2023 - Shrinking Lake Urmia
https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-04-06
vs satellite images from 9 September 2025
Satellite Photos Show Middle East’s Largest Lake on Brink of Disappearing - Newsweek - https://www.newsweek.com/iran-lake-urmia-disappearing-water-crisis-2127726
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i keep reminding y’all, Adam Smith didn't write about Economics. he was a professor of Moral Philosophy who wrote about POLITICAL ECONOMY.
ECONOMIES ARE POLITICAL; especially when you turn them into weapons of mass destruction of natural resources.
what is happening in Iran will happen in every country where they put profits before people.
❝ After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up https://e360.yale.edu/features/iran-water-drought-dams-qanats
🗣 IT’S THE #WATER, STUPID!
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