A blanket of flowers covers Chile’s Atacama desert: The El Nino effect
Q. Flowers have grown in which desert due to the El Nino phenomenon in October 2015?- Published on 02 Nov 15a. Gobi
b. Sahara
c. Atacama
d. Thar
ANSWER: Atacama
Due to a disruptive weather phenomenon known as El Nino, a massive carpet of flowers has covered the most arid desert in the world, Chilean Atacama desert. In the vast desert of Northern Chile, the El Nino effect has caused explosion of numerous species of flowers in an otherwise arid region where temperatures would soar to 40 degree C. Various types of flowers have flourished including Nolana paradoxa, Bomarea ovallei and Rhodophiala rhodolirion. The reason for this bloom is the El Nino phenomenon altering weather patterns across the Pacific region.
