https://notaspampeanas.com/tags/chile/ Recent content in Chile on Notaspampeanas Hugo -- gohugo.io en © 2026 Notaspampeanas Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:15:24 -0300 https://notaspampeanas.com/posts/1767106852449-desierto-atacama/ Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:15:24 -0300 https://notaspampeanas.com/posts/1767106852449-desierto-atacama/ <p> <figure> <img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" srcset=" /img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu6243832387006456068.gif 330w, /img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu16658372186798142604.gif 660w, /img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu2999609979724514417.gif 1024w, /img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu8335000798113607427.gif 2x" src="https://notaspampeanas.com/img/banner_Picadas_740x90_hu16658372186798142604.gif" alt="" /> </figure> </p> <div class="lead text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 !mb-9 text-xl"> Previously, scientists assumed that the aridity of the <strong>Atacama Desert</strong> began in the early to <strong>middle Miocene,</strong> around 10 to 20 million years ago. Using a novel and extensive dataset, the research team now shows that so-called hyperarid conditions developed shortly after the global cooling around 45 million years ago that followed the early Eocene Climate Optimum (EECO). The extreme aridity of the Atacama Desert thus apparently began around 20 million years earlier than previously thought. </div> <p> <figure> <img class="my-0 rounded-md" loading="lazy" srcset=" /posts/1767106852449-desierto-atacama/featured_hu13853285792390061017.jpg 330w, /posts/1767106852449-desierto-atacama/featured_hu14896711057170875961.jpg 660w, /posts/1767106852449-desierto-atacama/featured_hu16174054279295508002.jpg 1024w, /posts/1767106852449-desierto-atacama/featured_hu17472639580392239685.jpg 2x" src="https://notaspampeanas.com/posts/1767106852449-desierto-atacama/featured_hu14896711057170875961.jpg" alt="Picture of Atacama Desert. Image credit: Benedikt Ritter-Prinz | University of Cologne" /> </figure> <strong>Picture of Atacama Desert. Image credit: Benedikt Ritter-Prinz | University of Cologne</strong></p>