As the driest nonpolar desert in the world, the Atacama Desert in northern Chile is home to very few species of plants and animals. With rainfall often occurring only once a decade, the desert is so dry that NASA uses it as a stand-in for the Martian landscape. But what’s living beneath the parched surface? New research suggests it’s very small, abundant, and old, very old.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Bacteria, Micro-organisms, Mars
19,000-year-old biosphere with links to Mars discovered beneath desert
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