The process that contributes most to the Namib's unique ecosystem is the coastal, wind-induced "upwelling" that occurs along the Benguela shelf. The Benguela Current's effect is enhanced by a ...
This story appears in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. At dawn, three weeks before the winter solstice, the last tendrils of fog curled gray against the pinking sky over a sand ...
Today, the 2024 UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation was awarded to the Namib Desert Environmental Education Trust (NaDEET), a ...