Egypt
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (Joseph Mayton)
A little off-topic but I thought that some visitors would find this story of interest.
See the above page for the full story.
- Climate Change During Dynastic Egypt?
AFP (Christophe de Roquefeuil) As world experts grapple with ways to contain global warming, researchers gathered in Egypt are seeking answers from the country's pharaonic past to help tackle environmental problems of the present. Blessed with incomparable...
- Feature: A Historical Perspective On Climate Change
UN Chronicle (Fekri Hassan) From 11,600 to 8,200 years ago, the climate became warmer and in the Eastern Mediterranean, wetter. It was during this period that successive generations of foragers, who took advantage of the well-watered habitats, adopted...
- Climate Change: Sites In Peril
Archaeology Magazine (Andrew Curry) My excuse for featuring this article is that as well as looking at the impacts of climate change on archaeological sites from many parts of the globe, it looks at the effects that desertification in the Sudan will have...
- Environment: Climate Change Threatens Cradle Of Civilization
Spiegel Online International (Volker Mrasek) The traditional definition of the "Fertile Crescent" is expanded to include Egypt in this article (which has a map showing the area under discussion). The Middle East's famous Fertile Crescent was the...
- Mediterranean Sea Level Changes Threaten Nile Delta
Amador Ledger Dispatch (Anna Johnson) The Delta was already in danger, threatened by the side effects of southern Egypt's Aswan Dam. Though the dam, completed in 1970, generates much-needed electricity and controls Nile River flooding, it also keeps...
Egypt
Modern Egypt: Egyptian Officials, Farmers Debate Effect Of Climate Change on Fertile Nile Delta
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (Joseph Mayton)
A little off-topic but I thought that some visitors would find this story of interest.
ALONG THE Nile Delta’s many tributaries, life is good for Makram, a young farmer who is working the land that has been in his family for generations. But this could all change for him and the thousands of farmers who call Egypt’s fertile Delta home.
Climate change could irreversibly affect the northern Delta region, Environment Minister George Maged said told a parliamentary committee earlier this year. Government and independent analysts alike are warning that if action is not taken to curtail global warming and climate change, Egypt will be facing a disaster on unprecedented levels—one that could force people like Makram to relocate.
“I haven’t heard much about these issues,” Makram admitted, “but I believe that whatever happens, we will be okay because this is an important part of the country’s food sources.”
He pointed to the vast farmland that extends for miles. It is an impressive—and rare—expanse of green in Egypt, a land dominated by desert. But here in the Delta region, farming these lands has become more than a way of life.
See the above page for the full story.
- Climate Change During Dynastic Egypt?
AFP (Christophe de Roquefeuil) As world experts grapple with ways to contain global warming, researchers gathered in Egypt are seeking answers from the country's pharaonic past to help tackle environmental problems of the present. Blessed with incomparable...
- Feature: A Historical Perspective On Climate Change
UN Chronicle (Fekri Hassan) From 11,600 to 8,200 years ago, the climate became warmer and in the Eastern Mediterranean, wetter. It was during this period that successive generations of foragers, who took advantage of the well-watered habitats, adopted...
- Climate Change: Sites In Peril
Archaeology Magazine (Andrew Curry) My excuse for featuring this article is that as well as looking at the impacts of climate change on archaeological sites from many parts of the globe, it looks at the effects that desertification in the Sudan will have...
- Environment: Climate Change Threatens Cradle Of Civilization
Spiegel Online International (Volker Mrasek) The traditional definition of the "Fertile Crescent" is expanded to include Egypt in this article (which has a map showing the area under discussion). The Middle East's famous Fertile Crescent was the...
- Mediterranean Sea Level Changes Threaten Nile Delta
Amador Ledger Dispatch (Anna Johnson) The Delta was already in danger, threatened by the side effects of southern Egypt's Aswan Dam. Though the dam, completed in 1970, generates much-needed electricity and controls Nile River flooding, it also keeps...