After the visit to the Kerio Delta, closer to ‘home’ at TBI, we investigated the riverine ecology. This involved jumping into the river and getting wet. It wasn’t hard to convince everyone to do so in the middle of a hot sunny morning!
The Lake Turkana Basin, while being a hot and dry area, includes several river systems and the 6,000 km2 + lake Turkana. Three rivers feed into the lake: The Turwel, Kerio and Omo. The Omo, from the highlands of Ethiopia contributes about 90 % of the lakes’ waters. The Kerio River comes from the south, [...]
A few days ago we all took a trip to the Napedet Hills that lie southwest of TBI. The drive to the hills was partly across grass-covered plains. A rare and beautiful sight in the desert. The last time we climbed the hills in February earlier this year there wasn't a blade of grass to [...]
The rains that have brought out the flowers around TBI have also brought out a large number of insects. Like many of the plants, the insects are active and taking opportunity of the greenery to forage and breed. And like the plants they are all under intense pressure to complete their life-cycles. For insects this [...]
This week we have started our second module, Ecology of the Turkana Basin, which is being taught by Dr. Dino Martins. The students have been assigned independent research projects on ecological aspects of their choice. Students have been focusing on various topics, such as social insect activity, social and ecological impacts of food [...]
As TBI students begin our second module (Ecology of the Turkana Basin) we've begun to get more and more familiar with the smaller beings we share our space with. Our professor, Dr. Dino Martins, is teaching us about the ecology of the Turkana basin in terms of (sometimes not so) small creatures with [...]
Professor Dino Martins introduces Field School students to some of the amazing plants, insects and other creatures around TBI.
TBI Students concluded their first week of their geology coursework with a trip out to Central Island on Lake Turkana.