The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the driest ... which leads us to perhaps an unfamiliar question: What is a rain shadow? This unique ecosystem sits just east of the Pacific Ocean ...

Starting in 2015 it has rained several times in the Atacama D: The desert must have bloomed with life. Y: That’s what scientists thought might happen. But it didn’t. Actually, the rain killed ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Atacama Desert in northern Chile sits in the rain shadow of the ...

The driest, highest desert on Earth ... Here is the Atacama nitrates' new birth story: The first step started more than 20 millions years ago, when rain and snow leached iodine and chromium ...

The Valley of Mars in the Atacama Desert ... the driest nonpolar desert. Mean annual precipitation in its hyperarid core is 0.004 inches. In some places, no rain has ever been recorded, but ...

Growing pile of clothing in the Atacama Desert in Chile Screenshot ... It doesn’t get a full centimeter of rain in a typical year, and sometimes there is no rain at all. Little delicate flowers ...

But more rain is expected, meaning the flowers could spread over a larger area, he added. In 2022, the Chilean government announced the creation of a new national park in the Atacama desert ...

Pablo Guerrero has been visiting cacti in the Atacama Desert his whole life, first on family trips to the Chilean coast and later as a researcher studying the impacts of climate change and illegal ...