From Tokyo’s Record Rain To Chile’s Desert Bloom: El Nino At Work
The world is witnessing the extreme impact of El Nino, a natural climate phenomenon that can shape weather…
Scientists found a 9-million-year-old capybara relative’s tooth in Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of Earth’s driest places; the water-loving animal adds evidence that the region once supported wetlands and a much wetter climate
The newly discovered tooth provides another reason to reconsider how the region looked in the distant past, the…
Earth’s driest desert is covered in wildflowers right now
THE ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — Spring has finally arrived in the Southern Hemisphere and, in Chile, even the desert is…
One of Earth’s Driest Deserts Just Turned White
Back-to-back winter storms brought a rare burst of snow to Chile’s Atacama Desert in August 2026, turning parts…
Atacama Desert: In 2003, scientists found that a part of Chile’s desert is so mysteriously dry that the soil is lifeless and has no DNA at all; today, scientists use it to study Martian conditions without leaving Earth
Atacama Desert (Photo via Canva) Chile’s Atacama Desert is the driest non-polar desert on Earth, and it is…
How China is working to turn Saishiteng Mountain into the world’s largest astronomy base
Construction on the Tibetan plateau of some of the Earth’s most powerful optical telescopes is putting China on…
Mapping the Technosphere: Architecture as an Interface Between Systems and Territories
Chilean Atacama Desert. Image by European Southern Observatory with known IDsCC-BY-4.0European Southern Observatory Images ESO files uploaded by…
Microstructural And Biochemical Constraints On Cryptoendolithic Life In Atacama Halite: Implications For Extreme Habitability
Graphical Abstract — Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy Halite pinnacles from the Yungay area in…
Scientists make stunning discovery after digging in world’s driest desert: ‘Becoming increasingly relevant’
Even in the most hostile places on Earth, new research shows that organisms are able to survive and…