Lake Victoria now receives large influxes of nutrients because of growing lakeside populations and land-use changes. Nutrients from agriculture, industry and urbanization fuel the growth of cyanoHABs.

The Winam Gulf of Kenya's Lake Victoria, a gulf with similar limnological properties and therefore could potentially be a model for Lake Erie in a warming climate, experiences harmful algal blooms ...

The driver entered onto the lake from the public access and appeared to go about 20 feet onto the ice before the front end of his truck broke through.

Women harvest sand at Osieko beach in Lake Victoria in Siaya County. [Collins Oduor, Standard] Mention Lake Victoria and what comes to mind is fish. But things are changing pretty fast at the ...

Lake Victoria, the world’s second-largest freshwater lake, supports over 47 million people across East Africa. Rapid population growth and climate change are worsening pollution from inadequate ...

[Mumo Munuve, Standard] Sometimes last March, hydrologists reported Lake Victoria waters having risen by a record 13.66 metres. This was more than a metre higher than the 2020 record. Much as ...

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