And these numbers are only expected to rise as climate change takes its toll. But what many of these regions lack in traditional water sources, they make up for in fog, like the Namib Desert.

This is a climate and an ecosystem already so extreme ... To reach Sperrgebiet, I flew almost the entire extent of the Namib Desert at its broadest point (from the NamibRand Nature Reserve ...

The Southern Namib Desert is characterized by its rugged and rocky terrain, vast sand dunes, and sparse vegetation. The climate is arid and inhospitable, with very little rainfall and extreme ...

Desert hikes are an adventurous challenge, and trekkers love to explore the vast expanses under the sun's glare ...

The impact of climate change and human activities on desertification is also addressed. Keywords desert biomes, climate, adaptations, flora, fauna, water scarcity, temperature extremes ...

This immense stretch of Namib Desert is, first and foremost, the domain of the creatures big and small that have long roamed its plains—oryx gazelles and springboks, giraffes and zebras ...

More work is also needed to understand the shifts in climate that allowed the rivers to flow into the Namib. This Southern Hemisphere, west coast desert has a very different setting to north Africa ...