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DEATH VALLEY, Calif. — Death Valley, known as the driest place in North America, is teeming with life with a once-in-a-decade blossoming of wildflowers known as a superbloom, transforming a normally brown desert landscape into carpets of gold. Wildflowers bloom across parts of southern California and Nevada at different degrees usually every year. In some years, superblooms are so vibrant they…

New research reveals that life beneath the surface of one of the driest places on Earth is far more resilient and diverse than many scientists expected. An international team led by the University of Cologne studied tiny soil worms known as nematodes in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Often compared to polar deserts, the Atacama is considered one of the most arid regions in the world. With almost no…

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Rochester area is now in a severe drought following the driest July-to-September period ever recorded. Rochester has seen just 3.81 inches of rain since July 1. That beats the low rainfall record for that period set 138 years ago, in 1887, according to the National Weather Service. Normal rainfall from July to September is 10 inches. The U.S. Drought Monitor’s weekly report…

Residents of the world’s driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its famous lunar landscape blanketed in snow. Summary The Atacama Desert in northern Chile, renowned as the driest place on Earth, experienced a rare and unexpected snowfall. Residents awoke to a stunning transformation as the typically barren, lunar-like terrain was covered in a…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest without spending a dime Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favorite tales on this weekly e-newsletter. England and Wales have recorded their driest begin to the 12 months in a long time, with river ranges effectively under their historic common and reservoirs depleted, fuelling fears of a summer season drought. Within the 12 months to Might 13, solely 225mm of…