If the Nile rises by even a few centimeters then it will overflow its banks leaving 5 to 6 million people homeless. And that scenario is precisely what the future will bring due to climate change (global warming).
The top three areas affected by climate change: Mekong Delta (Vietnam), Ganges Delta (Bangladesh) and Nile Delta (Egypt).
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A “deadly dozen” diseases ranging from avian flu to yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the Wildlife Conservation Society said on Tuesday.
It listed the “deadly dozen” as avian flu, tick-borne babesia, cholera, ebola, parasites, plague, lyme disease, red tides of algal blooms, Rift Valley fever, sleeping sickness, tuberculosis and yellow [...]

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Polar scientists reveal dramatic new evidence of climate change
It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year.
The disappearance of the Arctic sea ice, making it possible to reach the Pole sailing in a boat through open water, would be one [...]

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The Middle East’s famous Fertile Crescent was the birthplace of agriculture, the first settlements and civilization. But a new study shows that climate change will dry up the area’s rivers and destroy its agriculture — with devasting effects for the region. By Volker Mrasek more…

Picture Gallery: The Fertile Crescent at Risk
Global Food Crisis: The Fury [...]

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A Canadian military operation at the top of the world that married science and Arctic sovereignty has discovered the largest remaining ice shelf in the northern hemisphere is breaking apart at an alarming rate.
A team of scientists and Canadian Rangers witnessed dramatic deep new cracks, 18 kilometres long and 40 metres wide, on the [...]

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