Atacama Desert Team:  

Ebner, Martin 

Miranda, Tatiana 

Bocherens, Hervé 

Paulinho, Leandro 

In collaboration with 

Liesbeth van den Brink 


The goal is to find out if there is convergence between the plants and animals of the Namib Desert in Africa in comparation to the Atacama Desert in South America. The two deserts have the same geographical and climatic situation. The Namib Desert fog is formed by the Benguela current and the Atacama Desert fog is formed by the Humboldt current, both coming from Antarctica.