#RiftValley #Kenya

According to scientific findings, the rising waters are mainly due to changes in rainfall patterns and temperatures linked to climate change. Increased and prolonged rainfall has caused more runoff into the Rift Valley lakes, which have no natural outlets.

Also, sedimentation from farming and land degradation has worsened the problem by reducing lake depth and capacity, causing water to spread sideways rather than deepen

https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/119296-rising-rift-valley-lakes-displace-thousands-climate-change-fuels-flooding

#ClimateChange #climate

Scientists Explain Why Rift Valley Lakes Are Swallowing Homes, Farms, and Hotels

In 2008, Lake Naivasha's shoreline was more than two kilometres from Dickson Ngome's 1.5-acre vegetable farm, which is currently submerged by the lake following an overnight surge of floodwater in October 2025.

Kenyans.co.ke
O Vale do Rift Africano: um divisor geológico e os movimentos tectônicos

Processo que ocorre no manto terrestre originou e continua modificando essa estrutura geológica

Jornal da USP

Whoa: Ethiopian volcano thought to be dormant for around 12,000 years erupts.

Hayli Gubbi Volcano Erupts; https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hayli-gubbi-volcano-erupts-in-ethiopia-for-first-time-in-more-than-12-000/

#volcano #ethiopia #vulcanology #RiftValley

Hayli Gubbi Volcano Erupts in Ethiopia for First Time in More Than 12,000 Years

The Hayli Gubbi volcano, long thought to be dormant, sent ash nine miles into the sky in an eruption on Sunday

Scientific American
Volcano in Ethiopia erupts for first time in nearly 12,000 years: "It felt like a sudden bomb"

"While no human lives and livestock have been lost so far, many villages have been covered in ash and as a result their animals have little to eat," an official said.

Come back but my mind is still in #Dancalia! What an emotion walking on the 20 days Erta Ale lava! #geology #ethiopia #RiftValley #volcano

The student favorite at last weekend's Montreal Gem and Mineral show was this dinosaur footprint from Middletown, Connecticut. This is in the Triassic rift that's now the Connecticut River valley and the track was made by an unknown species. The generic name for the tracks ('Eubrontes') is the Connecticut State fossil.

It didn't sell, and spurred discussions of private versus public ownership of our fossil heritage.

#FossilFriday #Triassic #Connecticut #Dinosaur #RiftValley #Eubrontes

This Rift Valley is an impressive natural phenomenon stretching across approximately 10 kilometers in length and measuring 1-2 kilometers in width, the valley plunges to depths of around 100 meters at its most profound point. Interested in where this is located and many more facts? #riftvalley #omg #nature #weird
https://trendingamerican.com/rift-valleys-shift-of-earths-tectonic-plates/
Rift Valleys That Run Across The Earth | Shocking Shift of Earth's Tectonic Plates!

Rift Valleys That Run Across The Earth | Shocking Shift of Earth's Tectonic Plates! Read now to learn about their formations and locations.

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“The Rift Valley humbles us. It punctures the transcendent grandiosity of human exceptionalism by returning us to a specific time and a particular place: to the birth of our species.” Travel into deep time and East Africa’s Rift Valley with Tristan McConnell via @aeon_co. https://aeon.co/essays/the-rift-valley-tells-the-entire-human-story-from-the-start #RiftValley
The Rift Valley tells the entire human story from the start | Aeon Essays

Splitting the African continent, it is the only place where our human story can be read continuously from the very start

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