atacama desert
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A Mountain of Used Clothes Appeared in Chile’s Desert. Then It Went Up in Flames
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. This story was produced by Grist and co-published with El País. A Spanish-language version can be read here. Reporting was supported by the Joan Konner Program in the Journalism of Ideas. On the morning of June 12, 2022, Ángela Astudillo, then…
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Massive Earthquake Rocked Chilean Coastal Communities 3,800 Years Ago, Scientists Say
New archaeological and geological evidence points to an ancient earthquake that devastated populations along a 998 km-long stretch of the South American coastline some 3,800 years ago. But the evidence also suggests that the affected communities found ways to cope.
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Signs of Water Seen in Massive Galaxy of the Early Universe
Scientists studying the most massive known galaxy in the early universe have found evidence of water in it, an intriguing observation that sheds light on how the universe has evolved.