Egyptian Officials, Farmers Debate Effect of Climate Change on Fertile Nile Delta. By Joseph Mayton, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, February 5, 2009. "The Nile Delta region is home to approximately half of Egypt's population of 80 million people... Vast farmland that extends for miles. It is an impressive -- and rare -- expanse of green in Egypt, a land dominated by desert... According to the U.N.'s Environment Program, a rise in only 0.5 meters (20 inches) would displace at least four million people and damage 1,800 square kilometers [700 square miles of farmland]. A one-meter rise (39 inches) would displace at least six million Egyptians and damage more than double the farmland."
2009-02-05
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