Dec 11, 2023
Lost world of lagoons filled with mounds of microbes discovered in Atacama desert
A patchwork of crystal-clear lagoons and vast salt plains in Argentina's Puna de Atacama desert forms an otherworldly ecosystem unlike anything any scientist has ever seen, researchers say. The never-before-seen lagoons host mounds of rock layered with microbes that, at first glance, resemble some of the first known forms of...