In the winter, the temperatures drop ... meters on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert. But the TAO can detect 40 percent of the mid-infrared light in that range. As for near-infrared light ...

They found that, although global warming has the potential to impact solar power generation in the Atacama region, the desert will still ... changes in surface air temperature (TAS) and surface ...

Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...