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“Climate change impacts on
snowmelt-dependent
agricultural systems near
Mount Kenya”
Princeton Ecohydrology Lab
Haley Lane and Taylor Morgan
Drew Gower
Princeton PhD candidate,
Department of Civil and
Environmental Engineering
Mt. Kenya
● Laikipia plateau dryland savannas and
low hills
● more than 1,000 mm/yr
from its upper slopes to
the plateau.
● large disparities in water
availability for local
farming communities
Project Objectives
● estimate availability of agricultural water for
communities in upstream and downstream areas
● evaluate effectiveness of governmental structures
in coordinating water usage among communities
● better understand effects of climate change, and
resulting disruption in water availability, on
household income and food security
Field work
● Stream gauging
● Water sample
collection
● Meetings with
local water
resource
organizations
Stream Gauging
Gauging Locations
Gauging Locations
Stream Gauging
Lab work
● Water isotope
analysis
● Water turbidity
analysis
● Plant isotope
analysis
Acknowledgements
Thank you to:
● Drew Gower
● Prof. Kelly Caylor
● Ecohydrology Lab
o John Gitonga, Boniface Mukoma, Moses Kioko Musyoka
● Miranda Bernard
● Julia Signell
● Lorin Romeo Romay
● Mpala Research Center
● Princeton Environmental Institute
● Photos from Miranda Bernard, Haley Lane, Taylor Morgan