Chile News » Atacama News Chile » Atacama » Health: How people in Chile's Atacama Desert evolved to survive drinking arsenic-poisoned water
For most of human history, a water source containing high concentrations of arsenic would have been considered deadly. Long-term exposure to the toxic metal is linked to cancers, cardiovascular ...
News Chile » Atacama » Health: Chile's Atacama Desert blossoms with life after El Niño rains
A display of flowers has bloomed across Chile's Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, after the El Niño climate phenomenon brought heavy rain to the region. Beneath the normally parched ...
News Chile » Atacama » Health: PAHO/WHO donation will help flood-affected communities in Chile
Communities affected by recent flooding in northern Chile will benefit from 200 water tanks and 200 hygiene kits donated by the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) to ...
News Chile » Atacama » Health: Earth's driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now
Spring has arrived in the Southern Hemisphere, and even Chile's Atacama Desert is blossoming ...
News Chile » Atacama » Health: 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.