Climate change is real - the famous Nile river is drying up
(World News Egypt)

LUSH green fields blanket northern Egypt´s Nile Delta, but the country´s agricultural heartland and its vital fresh water resources are under threat from a warming climate. The fertile arc-shaped basin is home to nearly half the country´s population, and the river that feeds it provides Egypt with 90% of its water needs. But climbing temperatures and drought are drying up the mighty Nile - a problem compounded by rising seas and soil salinization, experts and farmers say. Combined, they could jeopardise crops in the Arab world´s most populous country, where the food needs of its 98 million residents are only expected to increase. `The Nile is...