Instructor  Prof. Mustafa Majid Al-Mukhtar  from the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Technology  published a scientific research in the Arab Journal of Science

Arabian Journal of Geosciences, published by Springer, entitled:

(Future Forecasts of Rain and Temperature in Iraq using a Statistical Model)

The study dealt with forecasting the effects of climate change on rain and temperature in Iraq, where twelve stations were distributed throughout the country.

Data from the Canadian climate model were used in addition to data measured in the above stations. Where it was concluded that the country will see a significant rise in temperature and a drop in rainfall.