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Introducing the Atacama Desert [PDF]
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2018 This brief introduction is intended to orientate the reader with respect to the principal environmental and historical features of the Atacama Desert, the oldest and continuously driest non-polar temperate desert on Earth. Exploration of its microbiology is relatively recent but both fundamental and applied research activities have grown dramatically ...
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The Solar Spectrum in the Atacama Desert [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2016 AbstractThe Atacama Desert has been pointed out as one of the places on earth where the highest surface irradiance may occur. This area is characterized by its high altitude, prevalent cloudless conditions and relatively low columns of ozone and water vapor.
Cordero, R. R. +11 more
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Iron acquisition and mineral transformation by cyanobacteria living in extreme environments
Materials Today Bio, 2022 Iron is an essential micronutrient for most living organisms, including cyanobacteria. These microorganisms have been found in Earth's driest polar and non-polar deserts, including the Atacama Desert, Chile.
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Surface albedo is an important forcing parameter that drives the radiative energy budget as it determines the fraction of the downwelling solar irradiance that the surface reflects.
Raúl R. Cordero +13 more
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Insects, 2021 The Atacama Desert at its margins harbors a unique biodiversity that is still very poorly known, especially in coastal fog oases spanning from Perú towards the Atacama coast.
Jaime Pizarro-Araya +3 more
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Methyl-4-hydroxy-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-6-methyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-5-carboxylate
Molbank, 2023 Microorganisms are an important source of compounds that are pharmaceutically active, both as leads and as scaffolds for synthesis. Often, interesting chemistry is uncovered by exploring new biomes, of which the Chilean Atacama Desert is a prime example.
Rishi Vachaspathy Astakala +3 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on earth, holds a rich biodiversity that becomes most appreciable in years when unusual rainfall accumulation triggers a phenomenon of explosive development of ephemeral herbaceous and woody desert species ...
Jaime Martínez-Harms +9 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest and oldest desert on Earth, also considered one of the best Mars analog models. Here, several heterotrophic microbial communities have been discovered in its driest regions, with the ones present in the soil ...
Armando Azua-Bustos +3 more
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Living at the Frontiers of Life: Extremophiles in Chile and Their Potential for Bioremediation
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Extremophiles are organisms capable of adjust, survive or thrive in hostile habitats that were previously thought to be adverse or lethal for life. Chile gathers a wide range of extreme environments: salars, geothermal springs, and geysers located at ...
Roberto Orellana +8 more
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Neogene fluvial landscape evolution in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert [PDF]
, 2018 Dating of extensive alluvial fan surfaces and fluvial features in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert, Chile, using cosmogenic nuclides provides unrivalled insights about the onset and variability of aridity.
Binnie, Steven A. +5 more
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