The Namib Desert in southwestern Africa is considered the oldest desert on Earth. It also gives rise to some of the planet’s tallest dunes.
Namib Sand Sea
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Sediment Swirls Off the Yucatán
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid or comet about 10 miles (14 kilometers) wide smashed into Earth. It struck what is now Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, which was then lying at the bottom of a shallow sea.
Electrification Will Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The global wind and energy sector is currently gathered in Copenhagen for the WindEurope Electric City 2021 event, and as an important player in this field of research, DTU is also taking part.
Loss of Ancient Grazers Triggered a Global Rise in Fires
From 50,000 years to 6,000 years ago, many of the world’s largest animals, including such iconic grassland grazers as the woolly mammoth, giant bison, and ancient horses, went extinct.
Climate Change Challenge to Ancient Sites
From ancient sites in Eastern Europe and North America to the Philippines, Australia’s oldest Indigenous rock art and “drowning islands” in the Pacific, climate change is impacting important archaeological sites around the world.
Pathway for ‘Green Ammonia’ Opens in New Study
An experimental and computational study in Nature Catalysis shows promise for new class of catalysts producing ammonia under mild conditions.
