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Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:07:10 GMT

Future climate change may force US military involvement abroad with Washington saying it has to intervene to defend power structures hardest hit by climate change.

The aftereffects of the changes like wholesale population movements and pandemics would trigger conflicts that could dent local governments thus necessitating US military intervention, said the New York Times on Saturday quoting military and intelligence pundits.

In the Middle East and North Africa climate change is an especially urgent issue, particularly in a region that experiences increasingly frequent droughts and a looming water supply shortage.  

Fresh water is scarce in Morocco’s arid and semi-arid zones, and
decreasing in both quality and quantity. Changing climate conditions
are thus affecting both agricultural production and human health. The
Souss watershed is one such arid region where the water table is
diminishing rapidly. Neighbouring mountain communities meanwhile have
suffered the effects of severe drought.