Jordan: Jordan Water Crisis Worsens as Mideast Tensions Slow Action

Oct 31, 2017 | Karin Laub, Associated Press
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Jordanians don't need scientists to tell them that they live in one of the world's driest countries in the center of the planet's most water-poor region. But recent studies suggest the kingdom, a Western ally and refugee host nation with a growing population, is being hit particularly hard by climate change, getting hotter and drier than previously anticipated. One forecast predicts as much as 30 percent less rain by 2100.