(Bloomberg) -- Early in May, King Philippe of Belgium was on the edge of the Namib desert to inaugurate a project that aims to help decarbonize European industry, and which might just enable one of ...

Scientists have puzzled over the origin of Namibia's fairy circles for nearly half a century. It boiled down to two main theories: either termites were responsible, or plants were somehow ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Succulents endemic to South Africa and Namibia are drying up and dying across the increasingly hot northern part of their range. Mongabay ...

The origins of eerily perfect circles in the eastern Namib desert have puzzled scientists for decades. The circles, seen as patches of bare soil on otherwise arid and grassy terrain, appear ...

Vera De Cauwer was Principal Investigator of the SCIONA project that received funding from the European Union under grant agreement FED/2017/394-802. The Kaokoveld region, covering north-western ...

There are many different types of desert plants, including cacti, succulents, acacias, mesquite, creosote bush, and yucca. Each one has adapted in its own way to survive in the harsh desert ...