Rare Rainfall in the Atacama Is Deadly for Its Tiniest Inhabitants

In the summer of 2017, after a freak rainfall, unusual lagoons appeared in the oldest and driest desert on Earth u the Atacama. In an area that usually receives less than a half-inch of precipitation annually, the temporary oases should have been a boon to desert life u but, alas, they weren't. Microbial life in the soil, which had adapted to hyperarid conditions over millions of years, quickly perished.

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