article_snippet: A drought of that severity was made much more likely by the ongoing human-driven drying of that region.'
article_snippet: The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said that the drought was the worst and longest on record compared to those in the 1950s, 1980s and 1990s.
article_snippet: The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said the trend matched that predicted by models of climate change caused by human carbon dioxide emissions.
article_snippet: The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said that the wind patterns bringing rain from the Mediterranean weakened while higher temperatures caused greater evaporation of moisture from the soils during the summer.
article_snippet: Whether it was a primary or substantial factor is impossible to know, but drought can lead to devastating consequences when coupled with preexisting acute vulnerability.'
article_snippet: It is the first study of It kind to look at how climate change has played a role in a current war.
article_snippet: Professor Solomon Hsaing, a public policy researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, said similar climatic changes had triggered the collapse of the Akkadian Empire in the region 4,200 years ago following a drought lasting several years.
highlights_snippet: Scientists say Drought was likely worsened by man-made global warming .
  