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Salt of the Earth: How Egypt's coastal sabkhas tell a story of climate and change

Salt of the Earth: How Egypt's coastal sabkhas tell a story of climate and changeWorldPing

Have you ever walked across a salt flat so expansive it feels like another planet? That's what it's like standing in Egypt's coastal sabkhas—those otherworldly landscapes where the ground crunches beneath your feet and the air shimmers with heat.

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