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THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN WEST ALEXANDRIA. BY MAGGIE B.B. PHIRI 20th OCTOBER,2012 ALYM. CONTENT. INTRODUCTION GENERAL OVERVIEW CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON COASTAL AREAS POSSIBLE FUTURE IMPACTS CHALLENGES THE BIG PICTURE CONCLUSSION. INTRODUCTION.
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THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN WEST ALEXANDRIA BY MAGGIE B.B. PHIRI 20th OCTOBER,2012 ALYM
CONTENT • INTRODUCTION • GENERAL OVERVIEW • CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON COASTAL AREAS • POSSIBLE FUTURE IMPACTS • CHALLENGES • THE BIG PICTURE • CONCLUSSION
INTRODUCTION • Climate change is affecting almost every area of the earth • Both positively and negatively. • Drawing attention from People of all races and career backgrounds • Alexandria a coastal city is not an exception to the effect of climate change
GENERAL OVERVIEW • Places visited • Lake Mariot -sewage canal Reclamed land for infrastructure and agriculture • Khafl El-Sheikh • Sand dunes • Replenishing of some wild species • Damieta(Nile Branch) • Sea rising • Loss of Biodiversity
GENERAL OVERVIEW CONT… • Rash and Edco • Salinization • Loss of acquatic species • Village near Brullus • Salinization • Tough Agriculture
CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON COASTAL AREAS • Sea level rising i.e • Nile Delta subsidizing at a rate of 3-5mm/yr • .25-meter rise would put 60% of Alex popn of 4million blow sea level • A rise of .5meter would b more disastrous • Sea Acidification • Melting of ice glaciers
POSSIBLE FUTURE IMPACTS • More rising of the sea Level • Complete Loss of Biodiversity • High risk of hunger • High risk to natural disasters
CHALLENGES • New agricultureal practices needed • New technologies needed • Economy Decrising (imbalances) • Complete loss of biodiversity
THE BIG PICTURE • People of West Alex have sanddunes helping resolving climate change • They preserved them long before they knew scientific aspects of climate change • Adopted to agriculture practices long in the 1900. • Today Agriculture is costly in these regions
CONCLUSSION Knowing that human activities are a major contributing factor to the climate change,I believe that it is also through Humans that we can influence positive impact on the Global climate change.
END OF PRESENTATION THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION