Fishermen count losses following mysterious death of fish in Lake Victoria.
Thousands of fish have died in the past four days from unknown causes
Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute investigating the tragedy.
Nile perch and tilapia floating on the lake’s surface, consumers anxious
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It may be caused by pesticide contamination from surrounding farms or depleted Oxygen levels caused by too much phosphates due to people doing laundry along the lake shores. Eutrophication is enrichment of fresh water by nutrient salts that causes structural changes to the ecosystem such as: increased production of algae and aquatic plants, depletion of fish species, general deterioration of water quality and other effects that reduce and preclude use.
Experts who investigated said its the currents.
Which Kenyans are worried ? I’m totally at ease.
Ati people doing laundry. Remember the lake is not a karae
Visit Kendu Bay and see
Wajaluo wajifunze kulima.For long they’ve reaped where they didn’t sow.
Maybe it’s also connected to the swelling of lake volumes in the recent past. We should have serious researchers investigating this phenomenon but our government is too busy on BBI chieth and stopping Ruto from ascending to statehouse
Siku hizi wamejuajua kulima
Yet another sign that this earth is dying, decaying. Mother Earth is tired and she’s demanding a permanent rest. Better get ready and plan your next abode!
[SIZE=7]The planet is dying faster than we thought[/SIZE]
By Brandon Specktor
First Published 3 weeks ago
Humanity is barreling toward a “ghastly future” of mass extinctions, health crises and constant climate-induced disruptions to society — one that can only be prevented if world leaders start taking environmental threats seriously, scientists warn in a new paper published Jan. 13 in the journal [U]Frontiers in Conservation Science[/U].
In the paper, a team of 17 researchers based in the United States, Mexico and Australia describes three major crises facing life on [U]Earth[/U]: climate disruption, biodiversity decline and human overconsumption and overpopulation. Citing more than 150 studies, the team argues that these three crises — which are poised only to escalate in the coming decades — put Earth in a more precarious position than most people realize, and could even jeopardize the human race.
The point of the new paper isn’t to scold average citizens or warn that all is lost, the authors wrote — but rather, to plainly describe the threats facing our planet so that people (and hopefully political leaders) start taking them seriously and planning mitigating actions, before it’s too late.
Related: [U]US could reach ‘net-zero’ carbon by 2050. Here’s how[/U].
“Ours is not a call to surrender,” the authors wrote in their paper. “We aim to provide leaders with a realistic ‘cold shower’ of the state of the planet that is essential for planning to avoid a ghastly future.”
What will that future look like? For starters, the team writes, nature will be a lot lonelier. Since the start of agriculture 11,000 years ago, Earth has lost an estimated 50% of its terrestrial plants and roughly 20% of its animal [U]biodiversity[/U], the authors said, citing two studies, one from [U]2018[/U] and the other from [U]2019[/U]. If current trends continue, as many as 1 million of Earth’s 7 million to 10 million plant and animal species could face extinction in the near future, according to the new paper.
Such an enormous loss of biodiversity would also disrupt every major ecosystem on the planet, the team wrote, with fewer [U]insects[/U] to pollinate plants, fewer plants to filter the air, water and soil, and fewer forests to protect human settlements from floods and other natural disasters, the team wrote.
Meanwhile, those same phenomena that cause [U]natural disasters[/U] are all predicted to become stronger and more frequent due to global [U]climate change[/U]. These disasters, coupled with climate-induced droughts and sea-level rise, could mean [U]1 billion people[/U] would become climate refugees by the year 2050, forcing mass migrations that further endanger human lives and disrupt society.
Overpopulation will not make anything easier.
“By 2050, the world population will likely grow to ~9.9 billion, with growth projected by many to continue until well into the next century,” the study authors wrote.
This booming growth will exacerbate societal problems like food insecurity, housing insecurity, joblessness, overcrowding and inequality. Larger populations also increase the chances of [U]pandemics[/U], the team wrote; as humans encroach ever farther into wild spaces, the risk of uncovering deadly new [U]zoonotic diseases[/U] — like SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes [U]COVID-19[/U] — becomes ever greater, according to a study published in September 2020 in the journal [U]World Development[/U].
While we can see and feel the effects of global warming on a daily basis — like [U]record-setting heat[/U] across the world and [U]increasingly active hurricane seasons[/U], for instance — the worst effects of these other crises could take decades to become apparent, the team wrote. That delay between cause and effect may be responsible for what the authors call an “utterly inadequate” effort to address these encroaching environmental threats.
“If most of the world’s population truly understood and appreciated the magnitude of the crises we summarize here, and the inevitability of worsening conditions, one could logically expect positive changes in politics and policies to match the gravity of the existential threats,” the team wrote. “But the opposite is unfolding.”
Indeed, just last week a study published in the journal [U]Nature Climate Change[/U] revealed that humans have already [U]blown past the global warming targets[/U] set by the 2015 Paris Agreement, and we are currently on track to inhabit a world that is 4.1 degrees Fahrenheit (2.3 degrees Celsius) warmer than average global temperatures in the pre-industrial era — slightly more than halfway to the United Nation’s “worst-case scenario.” Nations have similarly failed to meet [U]basic biodiversity targets[/U] set by the U.N. in 2010, the authors note.
https://www.livescience.com/ghastly-future-global-crises.html
Dear lawd! @T.Vercetti must have carried out his homosexual ondieki fantasies on the lake and desecrated it. The lake needs cleansing by elders and it shall be well. The vagabond should be condemned to the farthest hole in kiandutu
I think nature is more robust than we imagine. The Earth has survived many hits the last being 65 million years ago that wiped outthe dinosaur. Man can exterminate himself but other life forms will come up, probably more intelligent than himself
Niko kwa ground.
Kumekuwa na good catch of late fishermen wanapata 10 20 30 40kg nile perch a bit more frequently of late.
Sasa Nile Perch of that size has a voracious appetite…by the way just for it to grow to that size means it has been feeding mzuri.
Sasa these huge Nile Perch zimekula smaller fish mpaka zika anza ku migrate areas where kuna breeding zones ku get food.
Breeding zones huwa ‘sacred’ even fishermen dont venture there ‘its the goose that lays the golden eggs’ yaani you mess the breeding zones and you mess the whole community.
Then again breeding zones hazikuwangi deep for sufficient oxygen and sunlight to ingia the maji.
Now imagine the heavy tilapia congregating at shallow breeding zones to eat FINGERLINGS…zinakufa njaa na deoxygenated water.
Sawa guys…i hope nime wachanua kiasi.
And i can tell you these government scientists dont do jack…ni kuangalia na macho na ku cook up misleading reports.
@Ndindu hie story ya chemicals ili isha ukipatikana utafanyiwa team building na your entire fishing gear ikue burnt.
And yes for those who are curious…the fis is fit for consumpson if you harvest it afew minutes after imededi…toa scales na intestines chap chap deep fry it pap…ukijaribu stew inaweza ku mess.
Thread closed ama?
Our bonobo politicians cannot dare propose population growth control for the obvious reason of having more votes in elections. Family planning campaigns no longer exist.
With the massive unemployment, climate change, national debt burden and inflation the country is a ticking time bomb.
The earth is will be just fine, it’s the human civilization that will be at risk, Göbekli Tepe has been dated to be over 5500 years older than Mesopotamia, older than the Pyramids of Egypt. Lidar technology has shown ancient lost cities covered by the Amazon rain forest, the list is endless.