DID YOU KNOW...
...that a second conference on fairy circles took place in February 2025?
Releases | Stephan Getzin | September 2, 2025
There are indeed special conferences on the mysterious fairy circles of Namibia. The “1st International Fairy Circle Symposium” took place from 25th to 26th February 2015 in the NamibRand Nature Reserve. At that time, the scientists still met in a...
…that Namibian termite mounds act like solar-powered air cons?
Releases | Stephan Getzin | June 1, 2018
Large termite mounds created by the genus Macrotermes are common in Africa. In Namibia, such mounds created by the species Macrotermes michaelseni, can be easily seen all the way towards Etosha, as here in this image just 10 km north-west of...
…that Namibia got dwarf dunes?
Releases | Stephan Getzin | June 1, 2018
These are hardly known and were only explained more thoroughly in April 2018. In the journal Nature Physics my Israeli colleague, Dr. Hezi Yizhaq, and German scientists explained for the first time how these mini dunes form. Anyone who thinks of Namibia will probably immediately...
…that savannas with their park-like tree landscapes are a natural enigma?
Releases | Stephan Getzin | June 1, 2018
Savannas are typical for Africa and thus for large parts of Namibia, too. The unique feature of a savanna is the coexistence of a continuous layer with grasses and a discontinuous tree layer. That is quite unusual since only...
…that Namibia probably has the largest cheetah population in the world?
Releases | Stephan Getzin | June 1, 2018
Altogether, there are not many cheetahs left on earth. The latest numbers on population size of this big cat were published by the journal PNAS in 2016. Of the 7100 cheetahs living worldwide, all of them – apart from...
…that there are no acacias in Africa?
Releases | Stephan Getzin | June 1, 2018
It is perhaps known that in Namibia the spiny Hoodia gordonii or the cactus-like Euphorbia virosa are not cacti as such, but saying that there are no acacias in Africa – that sounds more like a bad joke, doesn’t it? Is there any...
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