The advent of anthropogenic global warming and widespread modification of the climate,
landscape and environment has brought humans to the fore as a formidable force of nature …

Abstract Study Region The Great Rift Valley lakes of Kenya have recently experienced
significant increases in their water levels, negatively impacting the local communities. This …

Socio-ecological stresses currently affecting the semi-arid regions of equatorial East Africa
are driving environmental changes that need to be placed in a proper context of long-term …

Soda lakes are some of the most productive aquatic ecosystems. 1 Their alkaline-saline
waters sustain unique phytoplankton communities 2, 3 and provide vital habitats for highly …

Monitoring wetlands of Kenya is critical for analysis of environmental changes since they
present unique ecosystems with special hydrological balance and biodiversity. In this study …

Kisima Ngeda (KN), a spring on the northern margin of saline Lake Eyasi, Tanzania,
sustains an Acacia-Hyphaene palm woodland and Typha swamps, while the surrounding …

The sedimentary and biological material preserved in wetlands in semi-arid regions provide
a rich repository of paleoclimate and paleoecological archives. These records reflect an …

Natural disasters such as floods, tropical cyclone storms, tsunamis and earthquakes had
various kinds of effects on ancient societies around the world. In Eurasia and the Americas …

Archaeological research on natural disasters has increased significantly since the 1970s,
with archaeologists paying more attention to the potential cultural effects of natural disasters …

Many small lakes and wetlands are present in the Kenya Rift. A few, such as Lake Sonachi,
have been studied; others have received little attention. In the northern Kenya Rift, saline …