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young date palms, recently planted, in hopes of saving a staple that is now under threat. the date palm is a symbol and is pride. that s why we wanted to plant the trees to restore the culture. a country of more than 30 million palm trees. reporter: iraq has been one of the top date producers in the world, with millions of trees growing across the country. these once thriving plants have since withered away, dehydrated , and blighted by environmental changes. before, we had an abundance of water, rainwater, too, from the mounds. this area was like a sea. due to the lack of rain, the land started drying up. reporter: decades of drought, in addition to ongoing conflicts, are slowly creating desert -like conditions in 1/areas. as water levels decline, salt levels rise,
A 2017 study by the US-American National Academy of Sciences highlighted that levels of chlorides in rural and urban freshwater lakes were rising, with devastating effects on the local ecosystems. Accurately measuring and monitoring salt levels could allow better responses to this threat.