The Blue Nile and White Nile meet near Khartoum, Sudan, and travel north to Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. The Blue Nile descends from Ethiopia’s L. Tana and contributes 85% of the volume of the Nile. The source of the White Nile is Lake Victoria
A NextGen Blog post by Johanna Mitra, Stony Brook University.All Photos © Alison M. Jones, unless otherwise noted. This is the latest post to our NWNL NEXTGEN BLOG series. Since 2007, NWNL has supported watershed education with college internships and blogging opportunities. This NWNL NEXTGEN BLOG series posts student essays; sponsors a forum for our student contributors; and invites upper-level students to … Continue reading Desertification and Global Drought
A NextGen blog post by Gabrielle Wilson, Ryerson University.All Photos © Alison M. Jones, unless otherwise noted. This is the latest post to our NWNL NEXTGEN BLOG series. Since 2007, NWNL has supported watershed education with college internships and blogging opportunities. This NWNL NEXTGEN BLOG series posts student essays; sponsors a forum for our student contributors; and invites upper-level students to propose … Continue reading Sea Level Rise in Egypt
A NextGen Blog post by Johanna Mitra, Stony Brook University. All Photos © Alison M. Jones. Since 2007, NWNL has supported watershed and hydrology education with internships and blog opportunities. Our NWNL NEXTGEN BLOG series hosts student essays; sponsors a forum for its high school senior, college and grad contributors; and invites proposals from new students to write on watershed values, … Continue reading Women in Freshwater Management
A Nextgen Blog by June Noyes, DePaul University. This is the latest post to our NWNL NEXTGEN BLOG series. Since 2007, NWNL has supported watershed education with college internships and blogging opportunities. Our NWNL NEXTGEN BLOG series posts only student essays; sponsors a forum for its student contributors; and invites student proposals to write on watershed values, threats and solutions. June Noyes is an … Continue reading Big Fight for Clean Water in Chicago’s Little Village
A NextGen Blog by Anna Canny, Cornell University. All Photos © Alison M. Jones. This is the latest post to our NWNL NEXTGEN BLOG series. Since 2007, NWNL has supported watershed education with college internships and blogging opportunities. Our NWNL NEXTGEN BLOG series posts only student essays; sponsors a forum for its student contributors; and invites student proposals to write on watershed values, threats … Continue reading Lifeblood and Sovereignty: Conflict on the Nile over Ethiopia’s New Dam
By Rupert WatsonPhotos © Alison M Jones Born in England, Rupert Watson has lived in Kenya for over 40 years as a lawyer, mediator, naturalist and writer. Mediation has taken him to many different parts of Africa. NWNL first met Rupert as the lawyer helpful in establishing the Mara Conservancy Bylaws in 2000. Rupert takes … Continue reading Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
By Rupert WatsonPhotos © Alison M Jones Born in England, Rupert Watson has lived in Kenya for over 40 years as a lawyer, mediator, naturalist and writer. Mediation has taken him to many different parts of Africa. NWNL first met Rupert as the lawyer helpful in establishing the Mara Conservancy Bylaws in 2000. Rupert takes … Continue reading Managing the Nile River
By Joannah Otis for No Water No Life (NWNL) This is the 9th and final blog in the NWNL series on the Nile River in Egypt by NWNL Researcher Joannah Otis, a sophomore at Georgetown University. This essay addresses the human uses of the Nile River. [NWNL expeditions have covered the Upper Nile, but due … Continue reading The Great Giver: The Nile River
By Joannah Otis for No Water No Life This is the 8th blog in our series on the Nile River in Egypt by NWNL Researcher Joannah Otis, sophomore at Georgetown University. This essay addresses some of today’s most pressing water issues in the Nile River Basin. [NWNL expeditions have covered the Upper Nile, but due … Continue reading Water Issues Along Egypt’s Nile River
By Joannah Otis, for No Water No Life (NWNL) This is the 7th blog in the NWNL series on the Nile River in Egypt by NWNL Researcher Joannah Otis, a sophomore at Georgetown University. This essay addresses irrigation techniques used along the Nile River. [NWNL has completed documentary expeditions to the White and Blue Nile … Continue reading Egyptian Irrigation Technology Through the Ages
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