La Agencia Espacial Europea y Airbus prueban en Tabernas un prototipo del rover, controlado desde Turín, que enviarán a la superficie marciana en 2028

El desierto de Atacama, reconocido por ser el lugar no polar más árido de la Tierra, atraviesa una metamorfosis sin precedentes. Vastas extensiones de tierra rocosa y árida se han transformado en un d...

De las colmenas que viajan entre el desierto y la Sierra de los Filabres a los fogones de la chef Yolanda García: el viaje de la miel

This year's exceptionally strong El Niño has brought a rare gift to Chile's Atacama Desert: rain. In one of the driest places on Earth, that rare moisture has awakened millions of seeds and bulbs that can remain dormant underground for years, transforming the landscape into a spectacular carpet of color. Known locally as "desierto florido," or "flowering desert," the phenomenon is one of nature's most remarkable transformations. Patches of purple, pink, white, red and yellow now spread across hillsides and plains that for much of the year appear almost completely lifeless. "It is a unique phenomenon; there are more than 200 plant species," Jorge Carabantes, head of the Protected Areas Department at the National Forest Corp. (CONAF) in Chile, told The Associated Press. "This is a flowering event that is obviously extraordinary and unusual, very different from other blooms that occur elsewhere on the globe." Typically, the Atacama gets just 0.6 inches (15 mm) of rain a year. But thanks to the super El Niño, record levels of rain fell between July and August in several Chilean regions, including levels not seen since the 1950s, with some areas receiving more than 7 inches (190 millimeters), Carabantes told the AP. While...

Hello there. Obi-Wan corta filetes de ballena en mitad del desierto y se guarda un trocito para alimentar a su eopie, cuadrúpedo nativo del planeta Tatooine… y herbívoro. Luego hay un par de persecuci...

La Agencia Espacial Europea y Airbus prueban en Tabernas un prototipo del rover, controlado desde Turín, que enviarán a la superficie marciana en 2028

El creciente malestar por el volumen de fondos destinados a Ucrania contrasta con las nuevas demandas de Kiev.

Cámaras trampa captaron a roedores y a la yaca, marsupial endémico, polinizando de noche la garra de león, flor emblemática y amenazada del desierto florido.