Chile News » Atacama News Chile » Atacama » Events: In 2026, rare rains were projected to produce a 17,000-square-kilometre wildflower bloom in Chile’s Atacama Desert, with more than 200 plant species
In 2026, El Niño rains turned Chile’s Atacama, Earth’s driest nonpolar desert, into a wildflower carpet of about 17,000 sq km with 200+ plant species.
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Colorful wildflowers bloom across Chile's Atacama Desert
Chile's Atacama Desert is full of brilliant wildflower blooms thanks to this year's super El Niño.
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Millions of flowers bloom across Chile’s Atacama Desert
Known as the driest nonpolar desert on Earth, a massive portion of the Atacama Desert has been covered in flowers after the El Niño weather ...
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: Chile's Atacama desert flowers as El Niño rain wakes millions of dormant seeds
The rain that flooded northern Chile in July has also set off what could be one of the largest desert blooms in decades, with the peak due in October.
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Earth's driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now
Known as the driest nonpolar desert on Earth, a massive portion of the Atacama Desert has been covered in flowers after the El Niño weather pattern brought heavy rains to the region earlier this year.
News Chile » Atacama » Events: It's spring in the Southern Hemisphere and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming
It's spring in the Southern Hemisphere and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming - Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming ...
News Chile » Atacama » Events: Nasa images reveal the Atacama Desert covered in rare, widespread snow after back-to-back storms carried moisture from the Andes to the Pacific coast
The Atacama Desert in northern Chile has been covered by an unusually widespread blanket of snow after back-to-back winter storms swept across the region. Nasa satellite imagery shows snow extending ...
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: The Map and the Territory: Mining and Renewable Energy in the Atacama Desert
For several years, photographer Jamey Stillings has been documenting renewable energy projects. From high in the sky and on the ground, his work has explored the nuances of a very basic tension: Green ...