Egypt's Nile River Delta Is Sinking Into the Sea

For centuries, farmers relied solely on the Nile to water their cropland, digging a complex network of irrigation canals to connect the entire delta region to the river and its tributaries. Salam and Mahmoud, along with about a dozen of their neighbors, take turns running a fuel-powered pump to floo...

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Published inNewsweek (Print) Vol. 165; no. 19
Main Author Emily Crane Linn
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Newsweek Publishing LLC 27.11.2015
EditionGlobal ed.
Subjects
Adaptation
Aquifers
Canals
Climate change
Coasts
Greenhouse effect
Industrial plant emissions
Irrigation
Seeds
Egypt
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Summary:For centuries, farmers relied solely on the Nile to water their cropland, digging a complex network of irrigation canals to connect the entire delta region to the river and its tributaries. Salam and Mahmoud, along with about a dozen of their neighbors, take turns running a fuel-powered pump to flood their respective irrigation canals with water from the Nile Delta aquifer, a massive underground reservoir, spanning from Cairo to the Mediterranean Sea.
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ISSN:2572-5346