Scientists find ‘genetic goldmine’ in driest place on Earth that may boost crop resilience
In an increasingly desertifying planet, these gene candidates could save some of our food crops.
Tag: Atacama desert
NASA trains to search for Martian life in world’s driest desert
The Atacama Desert is the most Mars-like environment on Earth.
Dry irony: first rain in centuries causes extinction of Atacama Desert microbes
This also means that resurfaced liquid water on Mars might kill any hypothetical surviving microbes.
El Niño turned the driest place on Earth into a colourful ocean of life
For the second time this year, however, the desert bloomed as thousands of dormant species of flowers and plants awoke ...
32 inches of snow in the driest place on Earth
A bit late on reporting this, but I'm still struck with amazement by this extremely peculiar case of precipitations. Last ...