Are there any microclimates within the Atacama that support more life?

Apr 17, 2025 ... I traveled 4500 miles to Atacama, Chile to put the 24-hour moisture claims to the test. Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, harshest continent, and with little precipitation (roughly 2 inches per year) is the driest place on earth. Jan 19, 2018 ... The driest place on Earth is in Antarctica (which is the Earth's driest continent), in an area called the Dry Valleys. The Valleys' extreme ... Nov 4, 2022 ... The answer to all of these questions is ocean currents. Warm water ocean currents create more humidity which results in wetter climates. Mar 15, 2009 ... In Chile, where water rights are private property and not a public resource, agricultural producers and mining companies siphon off rivers ... May 19, 2021 ... The Sonoran Desert is one of the new record holders for Earth's hottest surface temperature. ... Desert has really emerged as the hottest place on ... Mar 18, 2020 ... It is not the driest place, but most of the continent is a desert. It seems odd to call an ice sheet a desert, but it is. It may provide clues to where to look for life on other, seemingly barren, planets.Chile's Atacama Desert is the driest, oldest and deadest desert on earth. Yet ... Feb 12, 2021 ... The Atacama Desert of northern Chile is generally considered as one of ... Nov 10, 2015 ... The scientists aren't sure when the river was flowing, but it's a good bet that it was roiling with water from roughly 12,000 to 5,000 years ago ...