RAAAAIIIINNNN

In the Chile's desert of Atacama it rarely ever rains with some spots only getting rain once every ten years. They believe that the DNA found in the soil is from dead microbes or still living ones. But in March 2016 a rain storm the sparked microbes flood!! The science team learned that the microbes consist of Fungi, Bactria,and archaea. They are able to survive the desiccation, salinity and UV radiation  of the sand and sun. I think this is a neat article because it teaches us that living things can life in the terrible conditions of the Atacama Desert.


https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rain-wakes-undead-microbes-chile-atacama-desert 

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  1. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2018 at 7:22 AM

    You say they can live in these conditions, yes that is true. but the articular says they found "dead microbes".

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