Iraq's Dying Garden of Eden

In Iraq, climate change has transformed the once mythical mesopotamian marshes into deserts. It's not only temperatures that exceed 125°F and record low rainfall, but dams built by Turkey, Iran, and Syria on the Tigris and Euphrates river have stopped the flow of water before it can pass the border. Thousands have already been displaced in a drought that threatens the entire country.
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[@jordanjenks2369]

I feel for these people. It reminds me how fortunate we are to have fresh drinkable water whenever we need it.

[@Dirtygurl4719]

Which you have to pay

[@thorasmith3150]

"whenever we need it" For now.

[@MayorMcheese12]

Idk bout that one. Water over here in the western US is getting low as well.

[@tuforu4]

ABU GHRAIB TORTURE CAMP IN IRAQ TKS PENTAGON

[@boivilla7458]

For now....tomorrow the water may never come.

[@YananoBere]

I'm deeply worried about how badly drought will devastate the developing world. It is so much worse than many people realise and we are so vulnerable and don't have the infrastructure to cope.

[@AthenaGate]

The droughts over time will cause more and more migration, link that with the rise of authoritarian governments all across the world, and you probably have one of if not the greatest humanitarian crises to ever exist.

[@scientifico]

the developing world has had to live under the brutality of the "developed" world for quite some time. The question you need to ask is what will the developed world do when climate collapse takes phoenix, or salt lake city or any of the foolish cities built on deserts. Unlike these people, the west is not used to this kind of loss.

[@yallarecrazy5838]

Rich country’s won’t bat an eye until they can’t stuff their mouths with the next crabby patty due to water shortages.

[@ough.]

Iraq back in those days especially the Abbasid caliphate was never that bad. It’s sad to see it gone

[@pluckybellhop66]

@@scientifico So it's everyone else's fault that Saddam drained the marshes? The man in the video explicitly stated that the main problem is the government doesn't care. Something could be done, they just dont care.

[@SquizzMe]

My parents left Iraq in the mid-90s and never saw the old country ever again. Even though I was only 8, it's still a gap that's basically impossible to fill. Always being a foreigner, yet never having a home to return to feels like exile...."And they admitted that they were foreigners and strangers on earth."

[@burkebreathed9139]

You are home.

[@jackharper5642]

so why don't you go back ?

[@armorwolf7934]

You can go visit it now my mom went this summer this vids hilarious it literally just shows poor areas go watch jay pelfrey and gus1thego go to iraq people don’t like any good news so they always talk about bad things ecpeccially in middle east

[@armorwolf7934]

However this is a sad serious thing and water is probably expensive there I’m sure they get imports but those are costly. I’d say vist it before it gets worse

[@suckyxmcsuck]

❤

[@KenshinButtuosin]

'What is hard? Hard is an understatement'. This hit me even harder.

[@svsuke]

Vice has kept informed over the last couple years , hoping yall get the funds you need 🙏

[@BreakOutOfTheAlgorithm]

Of course they will get the funds they need. They are claiming this is climate change and pushing the agenda. They have all the money they need to make as much propaganda as possible. You have to go back at least 3 years to get proper reporting from vice. The last 2 years have been nothing but propaganda. Prayers for the people that are affected by this. 🙏

[@nepadron]

They are owned by Disney though

[@Praisethesunson]

@@nepadron Yeah but that mouse is notorious for not writing checks

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@Praisethesunson they attack 90 percent of their audience at least once every 3 videos.

[@nepadron]

@@Praisethesunson but they OWN it, a financial loss for vice is a loss for Disney. You are giving your money to Disney.

[@suckyxmcsuck]

My family can trace our history back to this marshes. These marshes were more than a place to grow a flock; it was a place of civilization and pride. This video genuinely breaks my heart, and the tears of Freha are my tears as well.

[@ashikislam8370]

hey iraqi. are you missing saddam hossein? if saddam alive. Israel has no power to kill palestaine. he could bring water from neighbhour country. democracy means corruption. only bad leader are get profit from democracy. they will send your money to america and canada.

[@nelleboo30]

Some entity cut off the water supply

[@theecstatic9686]

And a place to play with goat butthole...

[@dmo848]

Sorry to hear this friend

[@raidenwolfe6495]

I pray for you, I will never meet you or hear from you ever again but my heart is filled with sadness and my eyes with tears for you and all your families 🙏 I am so so sorry for you all 😪

[@raymo036]

As an iraqi I love these documentarys that yall do on iraq to showcase the kind of problems we face. Much appreciated vice. Keep up the good work on the reports on iraq. Hopefully more to comd

[@mchaves7663]

What's the situation like at Iraq these days? Has the violence and terror attacks stopped?

[@raymo036]

@@mchaves7663 still riots and violence going on because of all the politics and trying to create a government. Its a mess at the moment

[@laqueefasteinberg4981]

that problem is america

[@saladinchimaev-1643]

America destroyer in Iraq

[@ielea9068]

​@@mchaves7663 The situation in Iraq is reassuring And life is back again There are a lot of Youtbers coming to Iraq We, the people of Iraq, welcome all arrivals to us. Iraq is beautiful and safe

[@terramater]

It's insane and worrying how lakes are disappearing all over the world. Our crew recently filmed a disappearing lake in Austria and the Great Salt Lake in Utah, which is not only about drying up but also about what we found underneath its surface.

[@tanyabrown9839]

In Australia right now we have major floods in three states... the climate change is hammering things all over the world.

[@iche9373]

"It's insane and worrying how lakes are disappearing all over the world. " Yea, but no need for you to use an ableist language ("insane")

[@castorchua]

@@iche9373 Crazy isn't it?

[@xochitlahuia]

​@@castorchua LMFAOO

[@eushak_3340]

@@iche9373 I smell satire

[@zone7permaculture587]

Bless the people of Iraq

[@chinavirus841]

Then gtfo the country

[@castorchua]

And that lovely old lady praying for vengeance. What a beautiful culture.

[@flavortown289]

@@castorchua What?

[@JP-bd8km]

Yeah, already blessed.

[@ough.]

@@castorchua damn that’s what I thought too, I’m scared but I know

[@nomadmum2593]

The poor Iraqi people have been through so much. They need the International community to do something ASAP. Thanks Vice for publishing important videos like this.

[@nomadmum2593]

@na "You all pretend to help?" Who exactly are you all? Bit of an assumption there about millions of people.

[@kaptenhiu5623]

The international community is also at fault here. Look at those dams in Turkey and Iran. They use the water for themselves. selfish neighbors.

[@memphispatriot]

@na Nah, not international, local. Their neighbors are the ones who built the dams and stopped the water.

[@memphispatriot]

@na Flights leave everyday, why don't you head on over there and give them a hand?

[@martinvanburen4578]

They are surrounded by rich Muslim countries and have oil barrels to help their own country. What they need to do is give up their crazy religion and change to modern democratic country.

[@thequackashow619]

Heartbreaking but even more heartbreaking knowing nothing will change 🥴 Sending prays to Iraq

[@castorchua]

They'll eventually wipe themselves out

[@1985collado]

I remember being there in 2006 and it was full of life..

[@littlerayofsunshine69]

Man, when you said packing up their house, you really meant packing up their house.

[@cancerino666]

Can't afford to build a new one. Every log helps.

[@amarfateen]

So heartbreaking! Thanks for reports like this....

[@George_Washington185]

💯💯👏🏽

[@elennet4116]

It's so fun 😂

[@ihabalwash5829]

It just breaks my heart to see the cradle of human civilisation devastated like this, we need global experts and environmental organisations and activists to stand with us because the Iraqi government is very corrupt and most of the political powers in Iraq are backwards and stupid plus turkey and Iran are cutting off the water so the fate of the original garden of Eden is very grim and needs all the help it can get... Thanks to Vice for doing their part.

[@shebamaree9026]

where do you get your information saying this place is the original Garden of Eden? You are wrong.

[@MakimaLover32]

@@shebamaree9026 Bible

[@adash7841]

Well you people created Isis religious extremism now nature is punishing you for it.

[@t.mblock8658]

@@MakimaLover32 where in the bible does it say garden of Eden was in Iraq?

[@mehdijendoubi7504]

​@@t.mblock8658Genesis 2:10-14 lists four rivers in association with the garden of Eden: Pishon, Gihon, Hiddekel (the Tigris), and Phirat (the Euphrates)

[@michaeldolenak5950]

It’s so frustrating that nothing is general is being done for the planet, it’s so discouraging.

[@jaflaf3201]

To me it's rather ENcouraging tbqh. Iraq is cursed land. The almighty warned its inhabitants over and over to repent or leave. They never hearkened unto the Lords words. Look at the place. You tell me that iraq is not cursed?!

[@twomp5613]

Things are being done all the time

[@meligutierrez9826]

@@jaflaf3201 shut up

[@robgeheim4842]

I ditto that. Dictators are more interested in invading other countries instead of helping mankind. I'd wish putler and pooh send resources to Iraq instead of wasting it on Ukraine and maybe soon Taiwan ... Plant trees, not war ...

[@maneonedbd8460]

Vice always gives the real insight 🙌🏽 thank you for blessing us with the best content …

[@thomasdoubting]

"Blessing"... Yea, God's *blessing* is clear to see... 🤮

[@Aiden_Muslim]

@@thomasdoubting Grow up.

[@randomh9191]

Putting full focus on the government as the sole perpetrator of this calamity while giving a shoutout to one of the main causes of it (Turkey and Iran's dams) is really misleading. What Iraq is going through right now is done by outside players; namely, the U.S., Turkey, Syria and Iran. And I can hardly blame Syria either since they are being pushed by Turkey in every aspect.

[@higherup9862]

Let's start at the root cause of Iraq's destruction, namely the USA & Europe. Turkey is only another victim of the western elite. You can look at any problem the world is, has and will face. At the source of every problem is a white man or a bunch of white men. That's FACTS!

[@patrickthomasshaw8014]

I was quite surprised on the lack of reporting on how the dams have effected the water ways. The same issue is happening with China daming the tributaries of the Mekong in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

[@jaegrant6441]

If we have a look at the majority of conflict zones of the last 30 years. The people were living a traditional life. Healthy happy, simple.

[@msch6020]

Was thinking that also. Guessing the govt can still help them though, possibly hah

[@Adam-gf3jg]

In Saddam's time Iran and Turkey did not even dare to build any dams, because they knew Saddam would just bomb them. It's just now when Iraq is weak that this is happening. Iraq now spends over $40B buying Iranian and Turkish products and thats where the authorities in Baghdad need to come into play and use this as a pressure tool but they aren't doing it simply because they are only puppets to foreign countries.

[@nonchablunt]

Iran is the prime example of how you can have 'an unlucky geography' with certain neighbours. Georgia is another example.

[@user-pi1jc6wj9y]

Iran has grudges against Iraq because of the battle of Dhi Qar before Islam and the battle of Qadisiyah in the early days of Islam Until now the two battles were led by the Iraqis against Iran

[@charlie3184]

I'll never stopping loving vice you guys really put the j in journalism

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[@farazkhan7035]

very good journalism. keep up the good work. may allah help the iraqis with peace and prosperity.

[@SpeaksYourWord]

@red Pakistan and Iraq should build joint canals to transport all the water. Win win for both.

[@mishalsalem5331]

i hope the best for your nation aswell

[@chinavirus841]

@@SpeaksYourWord Iraq doesn’t need Pakistani help Pakistan provide nothing

[@SpeaksYourWord]

@@chinavirus841 🤡

[@chinavirus841]

@Dismissed well it’s true Pakistan and India provides nothing for Iraq. So how about you people stay in your own country

[@PAXperMortem]

This is really depressing...

[@shroudedgrove4679]

That's why it's news worthy

[@vinayakiyadav7265]

If you’re an individual who wishes to reverse climate change, please let us also take some action; even if it may be small, it has to be consistent. We can begin with just developing a general sense of respect for animals and nature after which we can create greater awareness and a political revisions concerning the environment.

[@theecstatic9686]

I love the climate changing...

[@SS-vk3yo]

Things will never change and only get worse.

[@dakinesc09]

2180 BC The Nile dried up and Egypt was decimated with famine. Was that climate change caused by the cars they were driving in 2180 bc? Or was it their solar panel factories? You have no idea how much if any impact human activity has on this change vs. natural climate changes, just as happened in 2180 BC.

[@poppypocket8732]

You cannot reverse what is already prophesied in the Word of God.

[@MO_CODE]

as an iraqi 🇮🇶 , thank u for this video to show iraqis suffering

[@jibril2473]

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The time is near when the River Euphrates will dry up to unveil a treasure of gold. Whosoever may be alive at that time, should not take anything of it." Riyaad As-Saaliheen 1822

[@frogneckmen857]

Sending love from pittsburgh to the people of Iraq. Hope the world's eyes see the struggles of the people and the land they live on.

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[@shroudedgrove4679]

Unfortunately your message on KZbin comments won't do anything. Lol

[@JP-bd8km]

Don't send too much love, already she's 7 kids.

[@colinyuan5404]

Send money not love... Iraqi don't need US love...

[@JP-bd8km]

Send contraceptives, even grannies are manufacturing too much babies in some countries. 👀👀👀 Less population, less pollution, quality resources.

[@noorihassen4794]

شكرا لكم على هذا الوثائقي

[@Anakaraya]

The destruction of the iraqi marshlands is heartbreaking for not just the people of the marshlands, not just Iraqi people, but the world. Civilization sprung from these marshlands. This is where the first city states emerged. It’s heartbreaking to watch it disappear. That’s thousands of years of not just natural history, but also historic society, just gone.

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[@shroudedgrove4679]

The world won't be affected

[@pluckybellhop66]

Why did Saddam drain the marshlands??

[@mlg1279]

Not really! It was not the "first". There was human civilization before the Sumerians

[@raclark2730]

@@pluckybellhop66 There were rebel groups hiding out in them.

[@omaroba1490]

Another great news video thanks.

[@andriesholtzhausen5182]

Thank you, this is a very insightful report. 😎

[@jonsi789toftdal3]

Nice a fake vice giveaway

[@alfonsomunoz4424]

All over the world water scarcity is a problem. It's tough seeing these people in a bad situation.

[@checkma8s]

Some live for excess

[@scp-2348]

Water excess is also a problem. My asian country's getting more and more typhoons each year,killing our crops with floods and strong winds.

[@sumerianfarmer5363]

This is more than that, The neighbours are cutting off the water

[@crand20033]

Not tough to see for Saddam. After the First Gulf War, Saddam Hussein aggressively revived a program to divert the flow of the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers away from the marshes in retribution for a failed Shia uprising in 1991.

[@AlexIncarnate911]

Yes exactly! How dare anyone claim that countries surrounded by deserts and are part of a region known for its water scarcity are more susceptible to water shortage! I can’t believe how stupid people can be… I mean look at developed countries they have huge lakes, rivers and glaciers as well as infrastructure to sustain all that. People don’t understand that they are equally susceptible!! Poor them, they don’t have dust storms to make it more obvious 😢

[@straya4837]

Its so distressing. I feel for the people, the animals & just the hopelessness. ..how can it get better. Im here with running water, food & pets....it will come to us before too long.

[@oglingling]

This is very said and makes me feel helpless.

[@SalmanKhan-ze3zh]

Iraqis speak such clear Arabic

[@G77e5]

No iraqi acnt

[@muhammadalrawi]

سلاما يا بلدي العراق 🇮🇶 😔🌸

[@yashshah5971]

I always find it interesting with Vice videos on how you do the editing of the journalist speaking in English but getting the responses in the local native language (arabic in this case). Does the Cameraman double as a translator? Is there another translator/intermediary that isn't shown? How is this done?

[@samipatel7118]

Another Vice banger ❤

[@posmatram2780]

FYI it is not due to climate change but because Turkey Syria Iran use almost all river water

[@michaellipken9726]

Good point but what can Iraq do? We don't want war I'm sure they don't so how do you convince Turkey and Syria to be less stingy with the water?

[@veggiedisease123]

Also, Saddam purposefully drained a lot of the marshes after an uprising in the '90s.

[@cancerino666]

Turkey Syria Iran started using almost all river water because of climate change. There is less water overall, Iraq is seeing the differential.

[@crazboy]

This ! Has nothing to do with climate change . The real problem we will have is securing of natural resources

[@davidz3879]

@@cancerino666 No, they're using more water because of population growth.

[@filipberetta]

can i somewhere look up pictures or videos (non biased) of the euphrates and tigris river? I looked it up on google maps, shown to me data from 2022 but the river (actually both) looks pretty normal to me.

[@crowbaril903]

Vice runs laps around every cable network new station. Id like to have the same thing on a local level, that would be awesome

[@jaeljade3609]

I think us here in the west have played a big part in this. Unfortunately I don't think we will stop till it's all gone.

[@yahiiiaplays1252]

The West's water supplies are running out too. You'll feel it very soon.

[@charliecostella]

If you think that then maybe you should take action. 😉

[@mohammedkh4321]

@@charliecostella I am Iraqi, and in fact the answer is yes and no, yes, because the West destroyed Iraq and weakened the government, which is afraid of Iran and Turkey, which cuts off water from us. When Saddam was in power, Iran and Turkey were afraid to cut off the water

[@legend7951]

@@charliecostella What action could they reasonably take? your average everyday person does not have the means to take action on issues of this size, the best we could do is try to bring more attention to it so that those who do have the means can take action on behalf of those who cant

[@erf2324]

@@legend7951 going back to the 19th century will fix

[@jdmmg4904]

So heartbreaking:(

[@shroudedgrove4679]

Not really

[@manuell4968]

@@shroudedgrove4679 🤣🤣

[@davidsmith-ws4bz]

What an eye opener. Very interesting doco

[@petuniaromania6294]

Do you have an update on this situation? What is the name of the river being dried up? Thank you.

[@Mana0264]

Both the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers are drying up.

[@cynthg9547]

I feel so bad for the people who have to struggle so hard to live this way

[@brownnino23]

Vice is one of my favourite programs, but this I have to question deeply, Eufraties and Tigris which are the reason of Mesopotamias (Iraqs) former wealth, but the main reason all this area has dried out has little to do with global warming and 90% to do with water disputes between neighbouring countries where Turkey has build huge dams and irrigations upstream!. Very little of the water that used to flow to Gulf is ending there now.

[@jsbass89]

Really powerful piece, also... that reed room at the end of the story is kind of fascinating!

[@user-ow3rd2zh3c]

Thank you for this report, which reflects my suffering

[@misslittlesunshine70]

Thank you, Vice for shedding the light on one of the biggest problems of the developing world. The MENA region has always known Iraq as the capital of knowledge and literature. Seeing it struggle this way just for basic rights aches my heart. World leaders are doing NOTHING!

[@lenniefei6710]

What the heck is MENA???!!! You are Africa regardless of your location on the continent!!!! So sick n tired of your BS!!!

[@misslittlesunshine70]

@@lenniefei6710 Middle East and North Africa is also a sociocultural and political term. Yes we are part of Africa but because we share a language with the Middle East, it makes us a region too

[@misslittlesunshine70]

@@lenniefei6710 I'm proud to be African ofc but that's not the point of my comment though... you're deviating away from my point

[@lenniefei6710]

@@misslittlesunshine70 If u r actually proud why use the acronym MENA instead of just Africa?!

[@misslittlesunshine70]

@@lenniefei6710 oh dear, please go educate yourself instead of questioning my identity.

[@KimCarney]

Oh my 😢

[@MrTUBEular10]

We have the Tigris and Euphrates drying up, the cradle of civilization is disappearing, and all of it irreversible. There's not much time left for the rest of the world.

[@akhandbharat1593]

That's not cradle of civilisation

[@tedtan6449]

As prophecied, Euphrates drying up and Tigris affected as the rest downstream.

[@thedoctor.a.s1401]

This breaks my heart

[@Stickyshift12335]

Mine also. This is very sad

[@shroudedgrove4679]

@@Stickyshift12335 Whaaaaa whaaaa 🍼

[@thedoctor.a.s1401]

@@Stickyshift12335 ik right wtf is the UN doing, just sit around and watching

[@dannydandaniel8040]

Heartbreaking.... The cradle of civilization, The fertile crescent, the garden of Eden. The birthplace of humanities second go at civilization after the younger dryas catastrophe, GONE.... 14K years of stability gone by n half a generation :(

[@jilllamb3949]

My heart is broken by this world

[@beatrizcascelli]

Great video!!!

[@Istredd109]

Heartbreaking, the old man said it best: my heart is cracked like this land.

[@mrb2081]

The cause of this isn’t climate change, the cause is recent dams that have been built upriver in Iran & Turkey. When you dam the flow of water feeding wetlands such as these in Iraq, the wetlands dry up. It’s pretty simple. But of course “they” won’t recognize that simplicity, instead it’s my fault because I don’t drive an electric vehicle or have solar panels on my roof 🤦‍♂️

[@Dovid2000]

Water is a precious commodity, and too often we take that for granted. May God help the poor people of Iraq who once lived in the marshes and who are now required to seek a livelihood elsewhere.

[@MrKamilovski]

This is just heartbreaking

[@margiehelberg4594]

These conditions are definitely NOT the result of climate change. The building of dams and more dams and the late leader Hoesein building channels to divert the water for industrial purposes have led to this. The same started happening with the Colorado River in USA. Where the river was supposed to meet the sea the whole delta had dried up and all wildlife, fish and plants disappeared. The US government has investigated and all dams not serving a purpose any longer were demolished to return the water to the river.

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[@aroraptor7550]

Climate change compounds the problem. One thing can be caused by two things ya know

[@coles5451]

@@pychang21 Melting glaciers will lead to more water, not less

[@coles5451]

@@pychang21 That's still besides the point. More water and higher temperature should lead to more rain. There were no deserts in the time of the dinosaurs.

[@MakimaLover32]

@@coles5451 why are deserts growing then?

[@cwatson42785]

It's really sad to see that lady trying to find a way to move all her precious life's belongings and it's literally logs and straw. It really puts things in perspective for sure. Hope she found a better situation.

[@frankenos6482]

In the mountains or maybe where they live at night pretty cold, the moisture in the air, the fog net would be perfect,to produce fresh drinking water

[@I_am_somebody_1234]

Also, vice still got some talent, this was good

[@TWOMARKISS]

Prayers ☀️🙏

[@Jdhdbsbsjdnraqowirjfndksjdndj]

Thank you Vice News and your incredible teams of reporters and crew!!!

[@dimaabdulla8748]

Thank you for letting people know what happened in great Iraq .

[@itsmuna8155]

Where can I find the photo in the thumbnail. Extremely interesting

[@lizclayton8464]

This is a horrible situation, but my sense is that the reporter 's narrative is that this is primarily caused by climate change. He barely mentions the building of the upstream dams. I feel like he's only given us part of the story.

[@quantumfeet]

dams from turkey and Iran killing Iraq's river silently, while politician were focusing on magical dust problems

[@checkma8s]

Its in the video but only for short time...

[@MikeCalhoun]

Dams didn't cause their worst drought in decades.

[@dr.shukrialhassen8040]

Thanks Vice News. It was an impressive and expressive report!

[@jaflaf3201]

Very basic journalism if you ask me. I'd probably not even call it real journalism mere journaling

[@Rizclinton994]

Hi vice, u should do a documentary, pls find the gold mountain by using drone + lidar.

[@lousassole9339]

Would the enso cycle effect the Euphrates river?

[@DavidRodriguez-gl5pn]

That area had an incredible drought that basically killed off Mesopotamian cities thousands of years ago. Sounds like no one believed it would happen again

[@harishs8567]

Lightning does strike twice

[@DeusUltraviolaceus]

Beautiful building/structure at the end with all the straw. So much detail. It must have taken an incredible amount of work

[@CharlieFlank]

Thanks Voice

[@Thegingerbreadm4n]

watching this from my lakeside great lakes home has given me priveledge.

[@paulprendergast3247]

I'm watching this from my shitty council flat next to the Mersey and I too still some how feel privileged

[@meanthe9159]

The same thing is happening to Salt Lake City. We started with lake Bonneville and then human beings came along and dried up the last of the remaining great salt lake …. Utah lake is going to disappear too

[@nwdrifter]

Bless all people of Iraq, so unfortunate.

[@jaflaf3201]

Bless all the dwindles of this world. Who knows where dwindling leads to

[@sgreg6325]

God be with you all. Australia

[@michaelambrosano938]

I LOVE the realness of VICE reporting but it also depresses me,..I can only take so much depression in my life,..I try to moderate the doses because everywhere I turn is calamity and loss,..it's difficult to cope mentally

[@BosnianBornBeast]

Vice and Ground News (App used to tell if stories are more leaning to the right, left or just in the center/independent) are my top two news places to get information from.

[@lancemarchetti8673]

This is so exciting !

[@hasanchoudhury5401]

So sad. We are experiencing the sixth extinction indeed. Respect for the people of Iraq.

[@JR-ch8rt]

It's so devastating to see those poor people suffer like that. It's not their fault.

[@zain271]

I'm one of these poor people

[@JR-ch8rt]

I don't mean be disrespectful but I literally cried watching this brother. It's so unfair.

[@Hasan-we7qp]

"It's raining outside, so it's all a hoax" - every American ever

[@froggboy]

This brought me tears

[@Luboman411]

Well, the problem with global warming is not only that some places will dry out--like southern Iraq, where these marshes are located. Other places will gain way more water according to the climate models. I just read that South Asia, for example, will get more water than it gets now in its famous monsoons. The problem, however, is that the periods of lots of rain will be shorter, meaning that massive deluges of water will be more common, leading to more devastating floods as land can't absorb all that water coming down at once. And the periods of dryness will be longer and drier, which will exacerbate water shortages. Things will simply get more "spiky" with regards to dry spells and wet spells. We're already seeing that in Pakistan, which has suffered enormous monsoon floods twice in the past 10 years, with the latest gargantuan floods having occurred this summer. A bit of that water going to southern Iraq would've been nice...

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Thank you for covering these kinds of serious, globally impactful crises. In fact, just LOOK at how mankind is at war with one another, when instead, all humans should be HELPING one another. Otherwise, they're bound to wake up to an empty tomorrow and more after that.

[@Denka_]

its october and its normally cold where I live. But this year its 80F still!? Summer hasn't ended yet and its almost Halloween. Something is seriously wrong.

[@rjjenkins5601]

Check weather past and see when that happened last. Because it has

[@Denka_]

@@rjjenkins5601 I did check, every year was 50F but this year.

[@hatan6556]

Thanks for spreading the problem of the marshes of Iraq. I hope it will come back better and the residents will return to live in it in peace 🙏🏞️

[@memorymbewe5862]

Did you say come back,it will get worser because it's will dry up completely according to the BIBLE.

[@dotsmassacre]

That is not the only problem, in the north west mineral salt has been climbing for 50 years to the point where lakes in the Ramadi region have become almost completely saline.

[@MrZenGuitarist]

First I want to thank Vice news for all their hard work - and if I COULD donate anything to any cause, you'ld be amongst the first on my (highly hypothetical) list! Sadly, I'm too poor to be donating anything to anyone or anything though. This is just devastating to see! And it is always the poor who are affected the first....but, in the end - if we continue on this path of destruction - if we continue to kill all of our Mother: this is what will face us all...WITHIN our very lifetime! Some people's greed knows no bounds. May they all rot in hell!

[@VEE3RDEYE]

This is really intense

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[@daclachoang368]

Wow we are lucky to have food on our table everyday and we are still complaining . ..God bless these people

[@abdinusnus2406]

The golden mountain 🏔 is about to appear 😢and Iraq will be a battle ground

[@astrologystar6060]

A country wasted with no hope of return. All due to greed. That's more catastrophic

[@DeepOpeth]

The reporter looks like Joe Duplantier from the band Gojira... Awesome content, very informative 👍🏻

[@danlaw1208]

Thanks for bringing new and unique content as usual. New subscriber here

[@euyie8738]

There should already a task force at the global level to monitor, relocate the affected populace and re adjust the rule of priority concerning the distribution of resources.

[@dayglodoggy]

To where? Humanity is losing habitable space to climate change.

[@dragondov]

Relocate them where?

[@shroudedgrove4679]

You should accommodate refugees then 👍

[@euyie8738]

@@dragondov Siberian steppes

[@sicworld1797]

Humanity should brace itself for the coming climate/water/food wars in our not so distant future. We had a good run folks