ScienceDaily · 1 min read

One of Earth’s driest places was just covered in snow

One of Earth’s driest places was just covered in snow

Rare storms covered huge stretches of Chile’s Atacama Desert in snow and dumped extraordinary amounts of rain on one of the driest regions on Earth. The extreme weather shut down observatories, triggered damaging floods and mudflows, and unfolded against the backdrop of a strengthening El Niño.

This is a summary aggregated from ScienceDaily. Read the complete article on the original site:

Read full article at ScienceDaily

Related stories