What are the legal frameworks in place to protect the Atacama Desert?

Nov 16, 2023 ... UW doctoral student Tamara Aránguiz-Rago collects rock samples on the hills next to a fault in Chile's Atacama Desert for a pilot study in September 2022. Jul 24, 2024 ... Over in Africa, Aswan in Egypt takes the title of having the driest air of any city on the continent, counting 356.58 days of dry air in 2023. This Envisat image was acquired over northern Chile's Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth outside of the Antarctic dry valleys. May 19, 2015 ... Driest place on Earth hosts life ... Researchers have pinpointed the driest location on Earth in the Atacama Desert, a region in Chile already ... Oct 29, 2024 ... Below are the top ten driest places on Earth, according to their total annual precipitation total, in reverse order. Aug 2, 2024 ... One of the hottest and driest places on earth, Death Valley, recorded its hottest month ever in July. The average high temperature during ... Apr 5, 2022 ... The Driest Place on Earth. The Atacama Desert is the driest place in the world. Located in Arica, Chile, its annual rainfall is only 0.03 inches ... Death Valley is the driest place in North America, with some areas receiving ... The only place in the world this rare fish is found is Death Valley National Park ... Aug 14, 2023 ... One of the driest places on Earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile, with some areas receiving only 1 to 3 millimeters (0.04 to 0.1 inches) of ... Mar 15, 2009 ... In Chile, where water rights are private property and not a public resource, agricultural producers and mining companies siphon off rivers ...