That record was part of a much larger wet November trend across Southern California. Downtown Los Angeles collected 5.5 ...

When we say a place is “driest,” we generally mean it receives very little precipitation (rain or snow), often much less than ...

Nestled between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, the Atacama Desert has earned the title of the driest place on Earth. The desert only sees rain a few times per century, or in some reaches ...

To say it’s been a bit wet in Southern California of late would be something of an understatement. At the end of last week, a powerful atmospheric river dumped an extreme amount of rainfall on the ...

The Atacama Desert of Chile is largely considered the driest place on Earth, but recently saw the moon-like landscape blanketed in snow. Jared Verdi via Unsplash Nestled between the Andes Mountains ...

The Atacama Desert of Chile is largely considered the driest place on Earth, but recently saw the moon-like landscape blanketed in snow. Jared Verdi via Unsplash Nestled between the Andes Mountains ...

This recently-released image from NASA gives a mesmerizing, bird’s eye view of an unusual event in what’s widely considered the driest non-polar place on Earth – the Atacama Desert. The satellite ...