1. Sure, our planet looks like a watery blue marble from space, but one-third of Earth’s land surface is partially or totally desert.
2. The world’s largest desert is Antarctica. That’s right, an area doesn’t have to be hot to qualify — it just needs to lose more moisture than it gains.
3. There are parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile where no rain has ever been recorded. Scientists believe portions of the region have been in an extreme desert state for 40 million years — longer than any other place on Earth.
