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Desert tower raises Chile's solar power ambition to new heights
2015-12-22 15:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Rising more than 200 metres above the vast, deserted plains of the Atacama desert, the second tallest building in Chile sits in such a remote location that it looks, from a distance, like the sanctuary of a reclusive prophet, a temple to ancient gods or the giant folly of a wealthy eccentric. Instead, this extraordinary structure is a solar power tower that is being built to harvest the energy of the sun via a growing field of giant mirrors that radiate out for more than a kilometre across the ground...
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Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell exceeds 94 mph in desert test
2015-12-04 14:55:28| Green Car Congress
Vantage tapped Michael Young to lead Desert Whale
2015-12-02 06:00:00| Happi Breaking News
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Chile: Lush carpets of flowers thrive in world's driest desert
2015-10-29 19:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature: Receiving barely a half-inch of rainfall per year, Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the driest places on Earth, but that all changes when El Nio rolls around every few years. Heavy rains caused by this weather phenomenon activate the germination of dormant seeds and bulbs buried deep within the ground, resulting in a sea of brilliant pink-hued blooms beginning around September. The gorgeous natural event is known as desierto florido, which means "flowering desert" in Spanish. As a fairly...
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Climate Change Threatens an Iconic Desert Tree
2015-10-28 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Close your eyes and imagine a species living in a harsh environment threatened by climate change. If you conjured up a polar bear, Cameron Barrows has a suggestion: Consider, instead, the Joshua tree-the gnarly icon of the Southwest's Mojave Desert that looks like it sprang from a Dr. Seuss book. "Animals living in the Arctic get a lot more attention than plants in arid lands, but desert plants like the Joshua tree are also threatened by a changing climate," says Barrows, a research ecologist...
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