This hot desert area has not seen rain in five centuries and it’s so dry it’s gained a reputation for its record-breaking ...
"Even the strongest hurricanes in the solar system seem calm in comparison." ...
The Atacama Desert in Chile is a wonder in itself. It is the only true desert to receive less precipitation than polar deserts, making it the driest non-polar desert in the world and the second ...
the Atacama receives 50 times less rain than Death Valley in California. In some regions, rainfall has never been measured since records began, a peculiarity due to the location of the desert ...
As night falls on the Atacama desert in northern Chile four giant telescopes turn their gaze towards the star-strewn heavens.
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 ...
Researchers in Spain have investigated how climate change may possibly impact solar power generation in the world’s region with the highest solar radiation levels – the Atacama desert in ...