Every year, the city of Alexander the Great sinks by three millimeters, weakened by the Nile dams upstream that prevent silt from consolidating its soil and by offshore gas drilling.
Opposite, the sea is rising as much, due to the effect of warming and the melting of the ice cap.
https://www.africanews.com/2022/11/03/egypt-alexandria-expected-to-sink-by-2100
Opposite, the sea is rising as much, due to the effect of warming and the melting of the ice cap.
https://www.africanews.com/2022/11/03/egypt-alexandria-expected-to-sink-by-2100
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