Chile News » Atacama News Chile » Atacama » Events: Lundin Mining Provides Update on Chile Operations Following Severe Winter Storm
Lundin Mining Corporation ("Lundin Mining" or the "Company") is closely monitoring the severe winter storm affecting northern and central Chile's Atacama Region, which has caused regional flooding and ...
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Rare Atacama Rainfall Events Devastate Microbial Life
Northern Chile is home to the driest place on Earth, the Atacama Desert. The average yearly rainfall is only 15 millimeters (1.5cm), and in an extremely dry part of it, the ‘hyperarid core,’ there had ...
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Rare Blanket of Snow Falls in Chile’s Atacama, the World’s Driest Desert
Snow fell at an elevation of 9,500 feet in the Atacama Desert of Chile, the world's driest nonpolar desert. ALMA / Felipe Besser Last week, astronomers stationed at the Atacama Large ...
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Driest place on Earth blanketed by rare snowfall in Chile. See winter wonderland
The Atacama Desert of Chile is largely considered the driest place on Earth, but recently saw the moon-like landscape blanketed in snow. Jared Verdi via Unsplash Nestled between the Andes Mountains ...
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Chile's Atacama desert flower could hold key to drought tolerant crops
ATACAMA, Chile, Oct 8 (Reuters) - In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, scientists are studying a small, resilient flower that could hold genetic clues to help crops withstand ...
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Atacama Desert was the driest place in the world until one phenomenon turned it into a flowering garden with 200 species of blooms
Nature's magic unfolds in Chile's Atacama Desert, the world's driest region, transforming into a vibrant flower garden. Dormant seeds, waiting for rare rains, burst forth with over 200 species, ...