I just had a wonderful vacation in Kenya. However, I couldn’t avoid the climate change even there. I arrived in Nairobi on October 9th, in one of the opening weeks of the East African monsoon.

What we saw with my friends was just opposite. The elderly people told us that there hasn’t been such dryness in Kenya for several decades.

What’s wrong?

El Nino may be the big criminal here. As the phenomenon warms or cools surface waters of the tropical central and eastern Pacific Ocean, it shapes the environment of Africa too.

One of the effects is that it gets unforeseen dry in Kenya. The gnus should migrate but they can’t. All the big mammals should have calfs but they don’t have enough food for the offspring.

Fortunately at the end of our two week vacation rain clouds begin to accumulate in the horizon. The long-waited rains had arrived.

In the photo here you can see a grave of an elephant.

Kirjoitus on osa Th!nk about it -projektia. The blog entry is part of the Th!nk about it project.