The country, dubbed "The Ribbon Country" because of its unique shape, stretches for a whopping 2,600 miles along the western coast and has an average width of just 110 miles. Chile's slenderness is ...

See stunning photos of the Atacama Desert — the driest on Earth — blooming in winter for 1st time in a decade The increased monsoon rainfall could also mean more flooding, as climate models ...

The project has seen the property transformed into a new leading standard of luxury lodging in Chile. Set in a lush oasis high in the Altiplano in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile – famous as the ...

Many deserts face worsening droughts, but India's Thar Desert has become 38% greener in the past 20 years due to increased rainfall and expanding agriculture in the region, according to a new study.

“I think it’s phenomenal,” said David Laroze, a Chilean physicist who heads up a $10 million supercomputing project in the Atacama Desert. “The more competition there is, the more widespread these ...

Joshua Tree National Park seems to exist on a different plane—where alien-like rock formations, rugged desert trails, and two distinct desert ecosystems collide in the most wonderful way. After a ...

Back to the Body caters only to women, who shell out upward of $15,000 to learn how to orgasm at its retreats, this one deep in the California desert. I can’t tell you the exact location — the ...

Its isolation and tranquillity make it an ideal spot for nature lovers. The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the driest places on the planet, providing unimaginably clear skies throughout the year.

Credit: Antoine Delaunay/Guillaume Baby/Abdallah Zaki An international team of researchers, including scientists from UNIGE, has discovered that the Arabian Peninsula’s desert was once shaped by a ...

That’s when you know to sit by the window, the desert scenery rolling by, and to allow the rhythmic sound of the train on the tracks to set the pace of your thoughts.

Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has improved our view of this chaotic region by a factor of 100, uncovering a surprising new ...

The trip marked a first-time visit to Chile’s Atacama Desert for many of the attendees, who were accompanied by Carnegie Science President John Mulchaey, Chief Development Officer Jeanine Forsythe, ...