Climate change could lead to overall increase in river flow, but more droughts and floods, study shows
Monday, April 24, 2017 - 11:02
in Earth & Climate
The unpredictable annual flow of the Nile River is legendary, as evidenced by the story of Joseph and the Pharaoh, whose dream foretold seven years of abundance followed by seven years of famine in a land whose agriculture was, and still is, utterly dependent on that flow. Now, researchers at MIT have found that climate change may drastically increase the variability in Nile's annual output.