‘The water came from nowhere': Settlements, hotels and farms flooded in Kenya’s Rift Valley
  • 38 points fahimching

    From nowhere- from everywhere. Climate change in three words.

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  • 17 points phatbatt

    Haven’t geographers suggested this would be the location of the next ocean?

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    31 points Akbeardman

    in a couple million years yes, all valleys can flood though. Water will take the path of least resistance and humans are always surprised when riverbeds flood after we build stuff on them.

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    18 points love_is_colourblind

    well yeah, 

    riverbed means it's sleeping. 

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    4 points zarinangelis

    Thanks for pointing this out! I wonder if the split of the continent is accelarating.

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    -1 points jagnew78

    if you read the article you wouldn't have to wonder. You'd know it's climate change and increasing rains

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    10 points zarinangelis

    I read the article. My curiosity is about the rift. Sometimes people around here know some things. Don't worry, Nature has it

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-23264-9

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  • 5 points ServantOfBeing

    Wonder if they have alot of underground sources. They mentioned multiple lakes taking up similar levels, so im going to take a small assumption that it’s partially related to the overall water table rising. Yes the rain counts too of course, but it almost sounds like water is also bubbling up from other in addition to such.

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