Tiny soil animals survive harsh desert conditions, revealing hidden life and climate driven survival strategies underground.

Chile's Atacama desert is best known for its salt lagoons in the north, but head to the Mar de Dunas in the southern part and you will be rewarded with perfect wind-sculptured wave patterns as far as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brianna Randall writes about the intersection of travel and science. The Valle de la Muerte (Death Valley) near San Pedro de ...

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The Atacama Desert, recognised as one of the driest and oldest deserts on Earth, offers a unique natural laboratory for the study of extreme hydrological and geological processes. Its remarkably ...

Nematodes resist extreme aridity and unfavourable ground conditions by using various reproduction strategies and demonstrate ...

CHANARAL, Chile (Reuters) -In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to harness water from the very air itself to grow lettuces and lemons, using a ...

Researchers have discovered a jaw-dropping ecosystem of crystal-clear lagoons and salt plains in Argentina's Puna de Atacama desert that could offer a window onto early life on Earth and Mars. When ...

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 northern ...