Iraq's ancient treasures sand-blasted by climate change
- last year
Iraqi archeological marvels that have survived millennia and the ravages of war now face a modern threat: being blasted and slowly buried by sandstorms linked to climate change. After a decade of worsening storms, sand at Umm al-Aqarib now covers an important part of the site that dates back to around 2350 BC and spans over more than five square kilometres.