On the other hand, every few years, an unusually rainy period can produce "super blooms," where even the Atacama becomes blanketed in wildflowers. Desert plants may have to go without fresh water ...

A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile's Atacama Desert could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most valuable astronomical locations by up to 35%, a new study ...

TotalEnergies just planted a major flag on the global green hydrogen landscape—and it’s right in the sun-blasted, ...

Spanish clean energy company Acciona Energía has connected the 246MW El Romero solar plant in Atacama desert, Chile to the county’s Interconnected Central System (SIC), becoming Latin America's ...

Flamingos feed in Laguna Chaxa, a salt-rich lagoon in Chile’s Atacama Desert. It’s a location that flamingos have adapted to live in over millennia. But each year, is still a struggle.

Despite its extreme dryness, the desert is known as world's largest fog desert, with fog providing some moisture, particularly in coastal areas ...

Chile's Atacama desert is the driest desert in the world. It receives almost no rainfall and supports no animal or plant life. But it is one of the best places in the world to conduct ...

A hike through part of Chile's Atacama Desert reveals seas of sand dunes ... It is amazing that not only animals but also 200 endemic plant species can flourish in a place with so little water.