The Earth Splits in Kenya's Rift Valley

National Geographic posted on 2 April 2018 an article titled "Why This Giant Crack Opened Up in Kenya" by Sarah Gibbens.

It describes the rapid development of a split in the earth in Kenya's Great Rift Valley caused by the movement away from each other of two tectonic plates, the Somali plate in the east and the Nubian plate in the west. It includes a short video of this recent event.

Kenya's Lake Turkana and Ethiopia's Hydropower Projects

The National Geographic magazine published in August 2015 an article titled "The Last Rites for the Jade Sea?" by Neil Shea.  It discusses the potential impact on Lake Turkana in Kenya of a series of dams on the Omo River in Ethiopia, which supplies 90 percent of the water for Lake Turkana.  It includes an excellent map in the upper left hand corner of the article that can be enlarged.