Chile News » Atacama News Chile » Atacama » Events: Atacama Desert's extreme aridity initiated 20 million years earlier than previously thought, study finds
A collaborative study with the University of Cologne, recently published in Nature Communications, provides compelling evidence that the extreme aridity in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert ...
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 :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 worsening drought ...