Lack of Water Causes Wars

 Dr. Farouk El-Baz, director of the Center for Remote Sensing at Boston University, confirmed too or that, “water is the (root) cause of the problem in Darfur. But at its root, it stressed, was the “changing patterns of human settlement,” that included, “drought-affected peoples from the desert edge ... (moving) to settle further south, and farmers expanding their cultivation to encroach on pastures and nomadic routes.”
The Middle East has long standing disputes stemming from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Jordan river in Israel, and the Nile in Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. These are only a few. We must also think about our own territory. The Ogallala Aquifer crosses eight states and provides drinking water for two million people and supports $20 billion in agriculture. With climate change and global warming we have had seven of the hottest temperatures in the last ten years and that statement speaks for its self. Drought and desertification are approaching more dense areas of a growing population and that equals less resources.