The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...

The Canadian miner’s reinvention as a critical-metals player—via its massive copper mine in Chile’s Andean foothills— could ...

Thousands of foreign travellers visit the geysers, salt flats, oases and volcanoes of north Chile's Atacama Desert. It is located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of the country.

The dark skies of Chile's Atacama Desert are perfect for skywatching, especially when a parade of six planets and a comet grace the night sky all at once. In February 2025, conditions were just ...

Damages of €20,000 were paid to ABC for its legal costs and to further its conservation work in very desert the plants came ...

At first sight, orange and off-white shards of rocks surrounded by dust and dirt are all you can see for thousands of desolate kilometres in the Atacama Desert of Chile. This is one of the driest ...

Clothing from Chile's Atacama Desert waste mountain is being 'sold' online to reduce textile waste. Items are free, only ...

A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile's Atacama Desert could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the world's most valuable astronomical locations by up to 35%, a new study ...

high-resolution instruments at the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The ...

In Latin America, two of the most striking examples are the Atacama Desert and the Sonoran Desert. Spanning over 100,000 km², the Atacama stretches across Chile and parts of Argentina ...

All-inclusive, eco-friendly, desert hotel, Tierra Atacama, reopens on April 1st 2025 after undergoing a year-long, $20 ...

The moon, the Milky Way, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter Mars, Neptune, Uranus and comet C/2024 G3 seen above the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert. . | Credit ...