Egypt’s Nile Delta is disappearing which only can mean
doom for its citizens. This Delta is home to eighty million or more citizens.
This includes their two most populated cities, Alexandria and Port Said. Global
Warming is causing the Delta to lose sediment build up. This means that the
Delta could become completely submerged in the next fifteen years!
The loss of the Nile Delta could also mean the loss of
tourism which accounts for 12.6% of employment. The water loss will also be
costly for the agricultural sector. Farmers are now being affected from salinity
to their crops. As a result, their crops are dying and they must purchase other
expensive methods of farming. Farmers used to rely annually for the Nile Delta
floods which brought fresh water through their crops and would take the
salinity out of it. Without the flooding, life is becoming much different for
everyone.
The loss of the Nile Delta could potentially change
the landscape of Egypt in the future. Hopefully Egypt will be able to become organized
together and change the direction in which things are going now.
Links:
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2015/04/03/climate-change-is-consuming-the-nile-delta-and-egypt-with-it
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