El Niño rains trigger largest Atacama Desert bloom in decades

Unusually heavy El Niño rains have caused a massive desert bloom in Chile's Atacama, one of the driest places on Earth. The event is a natural phenomenon, but its scale and timing may signal broader climate variability. It highlights the ecological sensitivity of the region to precipitation changes.

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