Rising seas threaten fertile Nile Delta
February 2, 2010, Posted by admin at 6:29 am |
From Green Right Now Reports
Nile Delta. Photo: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
Half a million inhabitants displaced. About 70,000 jobs lost. A major source of both food and revenue drowned by salt water.
That’s the grim forecast for Egypt’s Nile Delta, as rising seawaters threaten the nation’s legendary food-producing region.
Over the last century, the Mediterranean Sea has risen about …
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