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  • Namib desert

    “Fury Road” sparks outrage in the world’s oldest desert

    By Christopher J. Jones
    March 1, 2016
    [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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    Fury Road ‘has caused rage in the Namibian desert

    By Christopher J. Jones
    March 1, 2016
    [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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    How the Namib Desert beetle could help stop freezing on planes

    By Christopher J. Jones
    January 23, 2016
    [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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    Namib Desert beetle inspires new frost protection technology

    By Christopher J. Jones
    January 22, 2016
    [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 ...
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  • Kalahari desert

    British Columbia couple overcome extreme heat to complete 250-kilometer desert race

    By Christopher J. Jones
    November 17, 2015
    [ad_1] “An extra hour on the course could be the difference between life and death. “ [shareprints gallery_id=”29890″ gallery_type=”thumb_slider” gallery_position=”pos_center” gallery_width=”width_100″ image_size=”large” image_padding=”2″ theme=”dark” ...
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  • Sahara desert

    An ancient river system flowed under the Sahara Desert (it would rank 12th for the largest drainage basin on Earth today)

    By Christopher J. Jones
    November 12, 2015
    [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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    Conquering Big Daddy in the Namib Desert in Namibia

    By Christopher J. Jones
    July 20, 2015
    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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    “Mad Max: Fury Road” combines chaos and beauty in the Namib Desert

    By Christopher J. Jones
    May 15, 2015
    [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. ...
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  • Namib desert

    Miami Globe Trotter: the Namib Desert is anything but empty

    By Christopher J. Jones
    April 29, 2015
    [ad_1] The Namib Desert at Sunset // Jamie Servidio Think of the desert. For me, I usually imagine masses of dry, barren, dead land ...
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  • Kalahari desert

    Travel: Kalahari Desert Travel Guide, Exploring Extravagant Botswana | DA MAN Magazine DA MAN Magazine – Create Your Own Style!

    By Christopher J. Jones
    January 7, 2015
    [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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    The painted desert of Namibia – the San Diego Union-Tribune

    By Christopher J. Jones
    December 12, 2014
    [ad_1] Editor’s Note: When Leucadia resident Allan Karl found himself at a crossroads in his life – unemployed and recently divorced – he hopped ...
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  • Namib desert

    Footage reveals abandoned wooden houses in Namibian desert ghost town

    By Christopher J. Jones
    October 23, 2014
    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 ...
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  • Kalahari desert

    Speedweek awakens the Kalahari desert

    By Christopher J. Jones
    September 26, 2014
    [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 ...
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  • Kalahari desert

    Namibia: exporting the magic of the dry Kalahari desert

    By Christopher J. Jones
    September 23, 2014
    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 ...
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  • Kalahari desert

    ‘The Nutcracker’ located in the desert

    By Christopher J. Jones
    September 22, 2014
    [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 ...
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  • Kalahari desert

    a unique desert that is humid, and a worthy addition to UNESCO

    By Christopher J. Jones
    June 26, 2014
    [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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    Why is Namibia killing its rare desert elephants?

    By Christopher J. Jones
    June 21, 2014
    [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 ...
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  • Kalahari desert

    Botswana: Toyota 1000 Kalahari Desert Race to benefit small businesses

    By Christopher J. Jones
    June 10, 2014
    [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 ...
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  • Kalahari desert

    Liar, liar, wings on fire: this intelligent desert bird survives on cunning

    By Christopher J. Jones
    May 1, 2014
    [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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    Namibia: an epic journey through the desert

    By Christopher J. Jones
    January 16, 2014
    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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    10 reasons to put the Namib Desert on your bucket list

    By Christopher J. Jones
    November 4, 2013
    [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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    Stargazing in the Desert: The Magic of Namibia’s Night Sky

    By Christopher J. Jones
    October 9, 2013
    [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, ...
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  • Namib desert

    Mysterious ‘fairy circles’ in the African desert get a new explanation

    By Christopher J. Jones
    September 4, 2013
    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 ...
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  • Sahara desert

    Can a 4000 mile wall of trees stop the drift of the Sahara Desert?

    By Christopher J. Jones
    April 30, 2013
    [ad_1] • A version of this article was posted on the blog, Africa in Transition. The opinions expressed are those of the author. In ...
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  • Namib desert

    “Mad Max” accused of destroying the Namib desert

    By Christopher J. Jones
    March 4, 2013
    [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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    This self-filling water bottle mimics a desert beetle

    By Christopher J. Jones
    November 26, 2012
    [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, ...
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  • Namib desert

    Ghost towns and wild horses in the world’s oldest desert

    By Christopher J. Jones
    May 2, 2012
    [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 ...
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  • Savanna desert

    A study shows binary shifts between forest, savannah, desert: large-scale climate-biodiversity tipping points

    By Christopher J. Jones
    October 14, 2011
    [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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    Visiting Sossusvlei: A Conservation Journey Through The Namib Desert

    By Christopher J. Jones
    October 4, 2011
    [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 ...
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  • Namib desert

    Desert Lions | About | Nature

    By Christopher J. Jones
    November 19, 2010
    MANUFACTURING CREDITS TV Credits Told byF. MURRAY ABRAHAM Produced and directed byAMANDA BARRETTOWEN NEWMAN PhotographyOWEN NEWMAN EditorSTUART NAPIER MusicJOHN ALDER Dubbing EditorIAN BOWN dubbing ...
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  • Namib desert

    Grains of sand in the million-year-old African desert

    By Christopher J. Jones
    November 1, 2010
    [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 ...
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  • Kalahari desert

    The sands of the Kalahari desert, a large and forgotten storehouse of carbon dioxide – sciencedaily

    By Christopher J. Jones
    April 4, 2008
    [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 ...
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  • Sahara desert

    The Sahara Desert was once lush and populated

    By Christopher J. Jones
    July 20, 2006
    [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 ...
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  • Kalahari desert

    CBBC Newsround | World | The Kalahari Desert will double in size

    By Christopher J. Jones
    November 29, 2005
    [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 ...
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