Chile News » Atacama News Chile » Atacama » Security: 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
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Published on: Saturday 24 October 2026
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 » Security: Inside Chile's spectacular Atacama super bloom: The desert that blooms once every few years
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Published on: Sunday 14 June 2026
The Atacama Desert in northern Chile holds the record for being the driest non-polar desert on Earth. Some parts of it go decades without a single drop of rain. It looks, for most of the year, like a ...
News Chile » Atacama » Security: Chile's Atacama Desert blossoms with life after El Niño rains
News channel or source: https://phys.org/news/2026-09-chile-atacama-blossoms-life-el.html
Published on: Tuesday 22 September 2026
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 ...