As the oldest and driest desert on Earth, Chile's Atacama Desert is a treasure trove of discoveries for scientists and tourists alike.

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Learn more about the snowfall that shut down ALMA in the Atacama desert, and how researchers worry this could be a sign of ...

Earth’s driest ecosystems are a study in extremes: They can be blazingly hot stretches of sand like the Sahara Desert or shatteringly cold expanses of ice such as those in Greenland and Antarctica.

Salt nodules (whitish rocks in the foreground) are the last outpost of life in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert (see hammer for scale). In a new paper published in Environmental Microbiology, ...

The world’s hot deserts are some of the most inhospitable places on the planet during the summer months. Despite the hazards, millions of travellers brave these brutal conditions every year and hop ...

Scientists love visiting the most extreme places on Earth to try to get a better sense of what life could be like on other, less hospitable planets—but there are only so many scientists, and they only ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The survival tricks adopted by microbes known as hypolithic cyanobacteria, which are found ...

Did you know that a desert doesn't have to be hot or sandy? In fact, many of the world's harshest deserts are freezing cold. There are about 33 central deserts worldwide. They cover one-fifth of the ...

The first space-style greenhouse could open in Abu Dhabi in 2022. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. High-tech solar greenhouses ...

Desert storms that have sent massive plumes of dust across the oceans may have a small but significant effect on global temperatures, scientists say. New research found the microscopic particles ...