The biggest permanent desert lake threatens with rising waters and hungry crocs

School children walk through the shallows past submerged and abandoned school buildings at the El Molo Bay primary school in Komote, Kenya. Teachers at the school say the buildings have become a breeding ground for crocodiles.

Kenya’s Lake Turkana is the world’s largest permanent desert lake. Its waters have long sustained hundreds of thousands. Now the lake is facing multiple threats — and threatening those who rely on it.

(Image credit: Tommy Trenchard for NPR)

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