An arid region grew even drier between 2003 and 2009 due to human consumption of water for drinking and agriculture.

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

As drought conditions have hit the Middle East, growing populations are using more water per capita then ever.  See this on Google Earth with this KMZ file.

Tags: water, environment, consumption, resources, environment depend, Middle East, Iraq.

See on earthobservatory.nasa.gov