Egypt may face a serious freshwater crisis by 2025

Increasing human activity and the ballooning population in Egypt have “seriously altered” the Nile’s flow conditions, which, coupled with the looming Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, will likely result in a freshwater crisis for Egypt by 2025, ScienceDaily reports. Wait, it gets worse: Citing a study from the Geological Society of America, ScienceDaily says that “the coast 20 to 40 km of [Nile] delta surface will be underwater by the end of this century” due to rising sea levels.