Climate change enhances interannual variability of the Nile river flow

Mohamed S. Siam () and Elfatih A. B. Eltahir
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Mohamed S. Siam: Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elfatih A. B. Eltahir: Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nature Climate Change, 2017, vol. 7, issue 5, 350-354

Abstract: Nile basin countries are expected to double their population by 2050. Observations and climate model projections now suggest water resources may be additionally stretched by a 50% (±35%) increase in interannual Nile flow variability in the twenty-first century.

Date: 2017
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