The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...

From camel trekking and sandboarding to geodesic domes and yoga retreats, these striking desert destinations offer something ...

"I don't know of any other case where plants have been sent back to their country," says Goettsch. "I think it was definitely a success." The cacti are now in an Atacama Desert greenhouse managed ...

Sitting on the fringes of the Moroccan desert, the mountainous region of Ait Baamrane receives little rainfall. But what it does get in abundance, and for six months of the year, is dense fog sweeping ...

Stretching across northern Chile and southern Peru, the Atacama is the driest non-polar desert on the planet ... salt pans", "islands of baobab trees" and "ephemeral lakes", the sandy savannah ...

Plants are the autotrophs in their ecosystems ... These botanists are interested in the wild variety native to the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, the driest desert in the world.

Bec shows five plants that show the wide variety of sizes and shapes within the genus. Generally found in the dry coastal deserts of Northern Chile, particularly the Atacama Desert, and quite high ...

The nets collect around 35,000 liters (about 9,200 gallons) of water every day, which covers the needs of more than 1,000 people and is also used to irrigate plants ... of rainfall per year, the ...