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“Fury Road” sparks outrage in the world’s oldest desert
[ad_1] Erin Conway Smith | GlobalPost Protecting the Namibian Desert after Mad Max controversy The Namib Desert was the awe-inspiring backdrop for the high-speed ... -
Fury Road ‘has caused rage in the Namibian desert
[ad_1] The Namibian desert, with its austere lunar landscape, provides an ideal dramatic backdrop for a post-apocalyptic film. “Max Max: Fury Road”, which Sunday ... -
How the Namib Desert beetle could help stop freezing on planes
[ad_1] A desert beetle taught scientists how to avoid freezing on airplanes, streamers, and windshields. A team of scientists from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute ... -
Namib Desert beetle inspires new frost protection technology
[ad_1] Materials scientists at Virginia Tech say their Namib Desert beetle-inspired frost reduction technology could be used on airplane wings and windshields. The Namib ... -
British Columbia couple overcome extreme heat to complete 250-kilometer desert race
[ad_1] âAn extra hour on the course could be the difference between life and death. “ [shareprints gallery_id=â29890â³ gallery_type=âthumb_sliderâ gallery_position=âpos_centerâ gallery_width=âwidth_100â³ image_size=âlargeâ image_padding=â2â³ theme=âdarkâ ... -
An ancient river system flowed under the Sahara Desert (it would rank 12th for the largest drainage basin on Earth today)
[ad_1] Researchers have uncovered the remains of a vast ancient river system that crossed what is now known as the Sahara Desert. The river ... -
Conquering Big Daddy in the Namib Desert in Namibia
Nathan Brown Tourists at the foot of the Namib-Naukluft Big Daddy Park dune “For real, it’s like literally, actually the highest level from the ... -
“Mad Max: Fury Road” combines chaos and beauty in the Namib Desert
[ad_1] Image via YouTube George Miller shows us once again his version of a post-apocalyptic world. It’s frenzied, chaotic, visceral, and strangely downright gorgeous. ... -
Miami Globe Trotter: the Namib Desert is anything but empty
[ad_1] The Namib Desert at Sunset // Jamie Servidio Think of the desert. For me, I usually imagine masses of dry, barren, dead land ... -
Travel: Kalahari Desert Travel Guide, Exploring Extravagant Botswana | DA MAN Magazine DA MAN Magazine – Create Your Own Style!
[ad_1] IN SAFARI. The Kalahari Desert in Botswana Africa may not seem like a place where you can find any form of extravagance. But ... -
The painted desert of Namibia – the San Diego Union-Tribune
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: When Leucadia resident Allan Karl found himself at a crossroads in his life – unemployed and recently divorced – he hopped ... -
Footage reveals abandoned wooden houses in Namibian desert ghost town
Engulfed in sand: Stunning images reveal haunting beauty of abandoned wooden houses in Namibian desert ghost town By Chris Kitching for MailOnline Published: 8:29 ... -
Speedweek awakens the Kalahari desert
[ad_1] Through Jesse adams Sep 26, 2014 Share this article: To shareTweeterTo shareTo shareTo shareE-mailTo share Hakskeen Pan, Northern Cape – Right now, in ... -
Namibia: exporting the magic of the dry Kalahari desert
Windh essential supplier of medicinal and cosmetic products based on indigenous plants. Leading this ambitious project with the help of the University of Namibia’s ... -
‘The Nutcracker’ located in the desert
[ad_1] JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – It’s danced to the famous Tchaikovsky tune, but it’s not your traditional Christmas “Nutcracker”: the Joburg Ballet has placed it ... -
a unique desert that is humid, and a worthy addition to UNESCO
[ad_1] The list of the world’s most extraordinary natural places, the UNESCO World Heritage List, gained its 1,000th entry this week with the addition ... -
Why is Namibia killing its rare desert elephants?
[ad_1] On Saturday June 21, one of the few desert elephants in the Republic of Namibia was shot dead by a hunter’s rifle. Unlike ... -
Botswana: Toyota 1000 Kalahari Desert Race to benefit small businesses
[ad_1] Jwaneng’s small and medium-sized businesses will benefit from the annual Toyota 1000 race in the Kalahari Desert, according to Botswana Tourism Organization public ... -
Liar, liar, wings on fire: this intelligent desert bird survives on cunning
[ad_1] Once in Botswana, a southern African nation, I saw a troop of baboons making their way blindly through an overgrown field. The tops ... -
Namibia: an epic journey through the desert
In Windhoek, the Namibian capital, we rented a Toyota double-cab pickup truck with big wheels and two spare tyres. The plan was to drive ... -
10 reasons to put the Namib Desert on your bucket list
[ad_1] The Namib Desert is considered the oldest in the world, at 50 million years old. It’s hard to find words to describe the ... -
Stargazing in the Desert: The Magic of Namibia’s Night Sky
[ad_1] Namib Desert is free from light pollution, making it a great place for stargazing. Pictured is an image of the desert night sky, ... -
Mysterious ‘fairy circles’ in the African desert get a new explanation
The eerie circular patches of bare land called “fairy rings” in the grasslands of Africa’s Namib Desert have defied explanation, with theories ranging from ... -
Can a 4000 mile wall of trees stop the drift of the Sahara Desert?
[ad_1] ⢠A version of this article was posted on the blog, Africa in Transition. The opinions expressed are those of the author. In ... -
“Mad Max” accused of destroying the Namib desert
[ad_1] The dry bed of the Kuiseb River in the Namib Desert is shown on June 15, 2008. Namibian environmental groups and tourism companies ... -
This self-filling water bottle mimics a desert beetle
[ad_1] By Liat Clark, UK wired An American startup is developing a self-filling water bottle that draws moisture from the atmosphere to create condensation, ... -
Ghost towns and wild horses in the world’s oldest desert
[ad_1] Highlights of history Now ghost town, Kolmanskop in Namibia was once a thriving diamond village At its peak in the 1920s, it was ... -
A study shows binary shifts between forest, savannah, desert: large-scale climate-biodiversity tipping points
[ad_1] Researchers at Wageningen University find that in South America, Africa and Australia, under climate change, forests, savannas and treeless systems are not gradually ... -
Visiting Sossusvlei: A Conservation Journey Through The Namib Desert
[ad_1] The perception of raw aridity is belied by a surprising amount of life: insects and lizards, the colorful opportunists. A solitary acacia brings ... -
Desert Lions | About | Nature
MANUFACTURING CREDITS TV Credits Told byF. MURRAY ABRAHAM Produced and directed byAMANDA BARRETTOWEN NEWMAN PhotographyOWEN NEWMAN EditorSTUART NAPIER MusicJOHN ALDER Dubbing EditorIAN BOWN dubbing ... -
Grains of sand in the million-year-old African desert
[ad_1] Although the sands of the desert may seem to move endlessly downwind, scientists are now discovering that grains of sand from Africa’s Namib ... -
The sands of the Kalahari desert, a large and forgotten storehouse of carbon dioxide – sciencedaily
[ad_1] Desert sands are a large and forgotten storehouse of carbon dioxide from the global atmosphere, scientists heard on April 2, 2008 at the ... -
The Sahara Desert was once lush and populated
[ad_1] At the end of the last Ice Age, the Sahara Desert was just as dry and unattractive as it is today. But sandwiched ... -
CBBC Newsround | World | The Kalahari Desert will double in size
[ad_1] Global warming could double the size of the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, scientists say. It is already one of the largest deserts ...