Observation of the coastal areas, estuaries and deltas from space

B Laignel, S Vignudelli, R Almar, M Becker… - Surveys in …, 2023 - Springer
Coastal regions (including estuaries and deltas) are very complex environments with
diverse hydrodynamic and bio-geomorphological contexts and with important socio …

[HTML][HTML] Egypt's waterways conservation campaigns under growing intrinsic demand and Nile upstream damming

SS Fouad, E Heggy, M Ramah, AZ Abotalib… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Nile River is the primary water source for populous and hyper-arid Egypt.
However, it suffers from the backfilling of its extensive network of waterways and increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Land subsidence and environmental threats in coastal aquifers under sea level rise and over-pumping stress

A El Shinawi, A Kuriqi, M Zelenakova, Z Vranayova… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Land subsidence (LS) due to the Sea Level Rise (SLR) and over-pumping was observed in
many groundwater aquifers worldwide. The geotechnical properties and numerical …

[HTML][HTML] Egypt's water budget deficit and suggested mitigation policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam filling scenarios

E Heggy, Z Sharkawy, AZ Abotalib - Environmental Research …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Nile River is a unique environmental system and essential water resource for
its basin riparian nations. Population growth, changes in precipitation patterns, damming …

Irreversible and Large‐Scale Heavy Metal Pollution Arising From Increased Damming and Untreated Water Reuse in the Nile Delta

AZ Abotalib, AA Abdelhady, E Heggy, SG Salem… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Egypt observes one of the highest water budget deficits in Africa that is mainly compensated
by intensive reuse of untreated agricultural drainage water in the Nile Delta. The …

Insight into land cover dynamics and water challenges under anthropogenic and climatic changes in the eastern Nile Delta: inference from remote sensing and GIS …

YM Youssef, KS Gemail, HM Atia, M Mahdy - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The destabilization of delta's worldwide due to climate change and human activities
presents challenges in meeting the growing demands for freshwater and food. The Nile …

Quantifying the influence of long-term overexploitation on deep groundwater resources across Cangzhou in the North China Plain using InSAR measurements

L Bai, L Jiang, Y Zhao, Z Li, G Cao, C Zhao, R Liu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Deep groundwater (confined groundwater) is the major water source in Cangzhou, situated
in the North China Plain. Long-term deep groundwater overexploitation has resulted in …

Last decade assessment of the impacts of regional climate change on crop yield variations in the Mediterranean region

HA Alrteimei, ZH Ash'aari, FM Muharram - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
The influence of regional climate change (CC) on agricultural production variance in the
Mediterranean region has been discussed based on the assessment of the last decade …

Climate change and coastal archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa: assessing past impacts and future threats

K Westley, G Andreou, C El Safadi… - The Journal of Island …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Climate change threatens coastal archaeology through storm flooding (extreme sea-level:
ESL), long-term sea-level rise (SLR) and coastal erosion. Many regions, like the Middle East …

Toward an integrated and sustainable water resources management in structurally-controlled watersheds in desert environments using geophysical and remote …

M Attwa, M El Bastawesy, D Ragab, A Othman… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sustainable water resources management in desert environment has yet to be reached due
to the limited hydrological datasets under such extreme arid conditions. In the Eastern …