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R. R. Shahin
Evidence for rapid climate change was recorded in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.
Analyses of data for temperature and rainfall from 1970 to 2014 show a clear tendency towards decreasing rainfall and increasing average temperatures. This trend
caused severe droughts for many years that were suddenly interrupted by high and
unpredictable rainfall that fluctuated heavily in space and time. If this tendency continues, the population dynamics of many plant and animal species will be negatively
affected, with many of them being important for local inhabitants [151].
4.4 Geographical Nature of Climate Changes Impacts
in Egypt
Climate changes may induce different impacts on Egypt’s land which could dominate
in certain geographical sites (Fig. 14) and can be summarized in the following:
• The dominance of global warming and increased evaporation from water bodies
(Upper Egypt)
• Sea level Rise and seawater intrusions (North of Delta)
• Rainfall fluctuation (Northern and Eastern coastline)
• Flooding rainstorms (South-Eastern side—North Sinai)
• Unstable River Nile income.
Fig. 14 Geographical distribution of different impacts of climate change on Egypt
R. R. Shahin
Evidence for rapid climate change was recorded in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt.
Analyses of data for temperature and rainfall from 1970 to 2014 show a clear tendency towards decreasing rainfall and increasing average temperatures. This trend
caused severe droughts for many years that were suddenly interrupted by high and
unpredictable rainfall that fluctuated heavily in space and time. If this tendency continues, the population dynamics of many plant and animal species will be negatively
affected, with many of them being important for local inhabitants [151].
4.4 Geographical Nature of Climate Changes Impacts
in Egypt
Climate changes may induce different impacts on Egypt’s land which could dominate
in certain geographical sites (Fig. 14) and can be summarized in the following:
• The dominance of global warming and increased evaporation from water bodies
(Upper Egypt)
• Sea level Rise and seawater intrusions (North of Delta)
• Rainfall fluctuation (Northern and Eastern coastline)
• Flooding rainstorms (South-Eastern side—North Sinai)
• Unstable River Nile income.
Fig. 14 Geographical distribution of different impacts of climate change on Egypt