Several reasons have been advanced for rising levels in Kenya’s Rift Valley lakes. New evidence points to the most significant cause: higher rainfall.
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Uncertainty must be embraced and harnessed for the better because stability never lasts long.
The anatomy of the teeth in the cranium and its bones show that it belongs to an extinct cousin of the living African savanna and forest elephants.
When the Aral Sea dried up, it was called the “world’s worst environmental disaster”. We’re witnessing its equivalent in Africa.
Turkana women weren’t properly represented in decisions made between the oil company and community.
Lake Turkana’s status as a World Heritage Site hasn’t protected it from environmental threats.
Ethiopia’s GIBE III dam has been labelled the world’s most controversial dam due to environmental and social impacts and the displacement of indigenous people.
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Chartered Consultant in Hydrology and Water Resources, Visiting Research Fellow, King's College London
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Associate Professor, International Relations, United States International University
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Chingiz Gutseriev Fellow, University of Oxford
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Chief Vertebrate Preparator and Associate Research Scientist in the Museum of Paleontology and Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan
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Junior Research Fellow in Anthropology, University of Oxford
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Senior Scientist, Institute of Hydrology and Water Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Science (BOKU)
