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Water competition, termites and poisons have all been credited with causing the formations in an African desert’s vegetation, but researchers say a new study discounts one of them.
Sprawling across a remote swath of the Namib Desert, rugged grasses eke out a living from the region's meager rainfall.
The grasslands of the Namib Desert are covered with millions of strange circles from 2 to 10 meters in width, each devoid of grass or other vegetation... 30.10.2022, Sputnik International
Thousands of "fairy circles" stretch out across the Namib Desert. But what's behind the vast polka-dot pattern? Scientists are at odds.
Scientists have puzzled over the origin of Namibia's fairy circles for nearly half a century