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World’s driest desert bursts into record-breaking bloom
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World’s driest desert bursts into record-breaking bloom

Just weeks after being the driest place on Earth, Chile’s Atacama Desert is alive with flowers, as around 200 species bloom in a spectacular display. Record rainfall woke seeds and tubers that had lain dormant beneath the sand for decades, including in places where flowers had not been seen for years. This superbloom is the widest-reaching and most vivid in about 30 years, and it also offers a brief boost for pollinators and other wildlife. Now, scientists are collecting seeds for research and conservation, while local leaders work to protect more of this remarkable landscape.
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