{"id":642434,"date":"2017-08-14T04:09:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T04:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/14\/egypt-facing-severe-threat-from-rising-sea-levels\/"},"modified":"2017-08-14T04:09:33","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T04:09:33","slug":"egypt-facing-severe-threat-from-rising-sea-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/14\/egypt-facing-severe-threat-from-rising-sea-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt facing severe threat from rising sea levels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Egypt is facing a direct threat from climate change and rising sea levels,<\/strong> Jane Arraf writes for NPR<\/a>. In Alexandria, \u201call along the waterfront, the government has erected barriers to counter increasingly fierce winter storms. There's no beach on this part of the shore. The sand washed away years ago\u2026 Some historic buildings are already crumbling, as salt water seeps into the bricks. Entire neighborhoods could be submerged,\u201d Arraf writes. The threat of rising sea levels is impacting the Nile delta, as \u201cwith rising sea levels, sea water is seeping into Nile water used for irrigation.\u201d One villager told Arraf: \u201cLast winter was the worst \u2026 he sea swallowed up some of the land and got closer and closer to the village. We're seeing things we never saw before, in a way that could make us believe this is anger from God on the village and its people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Worth noting in brief this morning<\/p>\n