Doha: Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), hosted a high level delegation from the Na.
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (Qeeri), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, hosted a high-level delegation from the National Aeronautics and
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (Qeeri), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University, hosted a high-level delegation from the National Aeronautics and
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IMAGE: Photo caption: NASA s Terra spacecraft shows filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam along the Blue Nile River is well under way near the Ethiopia-Sudan border. view more
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Rapid filling of a giant dam at the headwaters of the Nile River the world s biggest waterway that supports millions of people could reduce water supplies to downstream Egypt by more than one-third, new USC research shows.
A water deficit of that magnitude, if unmitigated, could potentially destabilize a politically volatile part of the world by reducing arable land in Egypt by up to 72%. The study projects that economic losses to agriculture would reach $51 billion. The gross domestic product loss would push unemployment to 24%, displacing lots of people and disrupting economies.