The mighty Nile, threatened by waste, warming, mega-damThe Nile is under massive strain from pollution and climate change and now the threat of a colossal dam being built far upstream in Ethiopia. (continues below)Volunteers in kayaks remove garbage from the Nile near the island of Manial in Egypt's capital Cairo on March 7. Climate change spells another threat as rising sea levels are set to push Mediterranean salt water deep into the fertile Nile river delta, the nation's bread basket. (continues below)The Blue Nile river passes through the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, being built near Guba in Ethiopia. (continues below)A man with a pan of freshly-caught fish walks along a pier in the Egyptian town of Ezbet al-Borg along the Nile river delta's Damietta branch, near the estuary into the Mediterranean sea.

Source: Bangkok Post March 20, 2020 01:18 UTC