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Rains Bring a Microbial Massacre to Chilean Desert

Rains Bring a Microbial Massacre to Chilean Desert

Science Quickly

November 19, 20183m 11s

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Show Notes

Freak heavy rainstorms in 2015 and 2017 wiped out many dry-adapted microbes in the Atacama Desert, useful info in the search for life off Earth. Christopher Intagliata reports.

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