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Because the forecast for rainfall in the Rift Valley basin is a rising trend, the lake levels look set to rise even more in the future.
Born on July 30, 1920, geologist and cartographer Tharp changed scientific thinking about what lay at the bottom of the ocean – not a featureless flat, but rugged and varied terrain.
East Africa Rift is undergoing a process that will see the Horn of Africa split from the rest of the continent.
Satellite research in Ethiopia is opening up a new frontier in the hunt for geothermal power.
Climate change, deforestation, overfishing and hydrocarbon exploitation threatens one of Africa’s oldest lake’s, Lake Tanganyika.
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Chartered Consultant in Hydrology and Water Resources, Visiting Research Fellow, King's College London
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Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, Wesleyan University
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PhD Candidate, Department of Geography, King's College London
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University Distinguished Professor Joint Professor, Geosciences and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
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