Disaster as climate crisis, tectonic shift swell Rift Valley lakes

to record levels, threatening the area’s ecosystems and spilling over into farmland, displacing thousands of people.

The current tectonic cycle, known as near-field tectonic movement, squeezes out water from the Earth’s aquifers, causing the lakes to increase in volume. A tectonic cycle takes between 25 and 40 years, and the current cycle started in 1996. Joseph Edebe, a research scientist with the Kenya Wildlife Service, said the swelling of Rift Valley lakes has been exacerbated by abnormally high rainfall in the region, probably caused by climate change.. The lakes in these regions are rising to the highest levels because of rainfall, which is above normal, experienced since May last year,” he said.

Data from Nature Kenya, Africa’s oldest environmental society, confirms the decline in flamingo numbers in the Rift Valley. According to the latest water bird count, in January this year, there were 180 000 lesser flamingos and 8 000 greater flamingos. During the same period last year, there were 419 000 lesser flamingos and 3 000 greater flamingos.

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