The Possible Scenario for Climate Change on the Egyptian Nile Delta
It is known that climate change has an effect on many Deltas all over the world. Egyptian Nile Delta, one of the most dangerous places which may be suffered from risks of climate change. In the current work, an attempt to study the effect of climate change on the Nile Delta has been discussed. The results show that effect of global warming deduced from changing carbon dioxide СО2 concentration in atmosphere can make increasing in the Mediterranean Sea level at Port Said (east of Nile Delta, Egypt) by 1.35 m and at Burulus (middle of Nile Delta, Egypt) by 1.42 m by the end of 2100. The increasing in Mediterranean Sea level can affect dramatically Egypt because it will take place at very important regions which have a lot of industrial and agriculture projects
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