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One of Earth’s driest places was just covered in snow

ScienceDailyTuesday, September 1, 2026 at 9:06 AM

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One of Earth’s driest places was just covered in snow
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Rare storms covered huge stretches of Chile’s Atacama Desert in snow and dumped extraordinary amounts of rain on one of the driest regions on Earth.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Rare storms covered huge stretches of Chile’s Atacama Desert in snow and dumped extraordinary amounts of rain on one of the driest regions on Earth.

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Rare storms covered huge stretches of Chile’s Atacama Desert in snow and dumped extraordinary amounts of rain on one of the driest regions on Earth.

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

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