Sequences of paleo-shorelines and the deposits of rift lakes are used to reconstruct past
climate changes in East Africa. These recorders of hydrological changes in the Rift Valley …

The development of the Cenozoic East African Rift System (EARS) profoundly re-shaped the
landscape and significantly increased the amplitude of short-term environmental response …

Groundwater is used extensively in the Central Kenya Rift for domestic and agricultural
demands. In these active rift settings groundwater can exhibit high fluoride levels. In order to …

Lake Naivasha, Kenya, is one of a number of freshwater lakes in the East African Rift System.
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, it has experienced greater anthropogenic …

Heavy metals retained in sediments pose a threat to aquatic ecosystem and society. Knowledge
of the status and sustainability of lake sediment in areas undergoing rapid economic …

Environmental exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can have negative effects
on the health of ecosystems and humans. While numerous studies have monitored APIs …

Lake Naivasha, Kenya's second-largest freshwater body is a wetland of international
ecological importance and currently subjected to unprecedented anthropogenic influence. The …

This study investigated the trends and variability of seasonal and annual rainfall and
temperature data over southern Ethiopia using time series analysis for the period 1983–2016. …

Rivers in the Lake Victoria Basin support a multitude of ecosystem services, and the economies
of the riparian countries (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi) rely on their …

Cholera epidemics have a recorded history in the eastern Africa region dating to 1836.
Cholera is now endemic in the Lake Victoria basin, a region with one of the poorest and fastest …