Paragliding over the Atacama Desert gives you a unique look at one of the driest places on the planet. Famous for its ...

Still, this South American desert is extremely dry. In fact, some weather stations in the Atacama have never recorded rainfall. Despite the harsh conditions, the Atacama Desert is home to a ...

A stunning seaside city is one of the driest places on earth, seeing less than a centimetre of rain annually. Arica, a port city in northern Chile, is part of the Atacama Desert, the driest non ...

The discovery also left behind a lighter sandy layer beneath. Notably, the Atacama Desert receives rainfall only a few times ...

and the Atacama’s exceptionally arid climate preserved them. As one biologist put it, the Atacama Desert is a “geological photograph.” Mining companies first flocked to the region in the ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

The accumulation at the co-located plant was 3 times greater than nearby PV sites with similar coastal climate conditions ... at three locations in the Atacama Desert, including one PV ...