Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer. It has been a welcome boon to the economy, but local community members ...

One of the driest places in the world is Chile’s Atacama Desert. It receives less than a millimeter of rainfall […] ...

The city of Alto Hospicio, in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is one of the driest places on Earth. And yet its population of 140,000 ...

Scientists in Chile are proving that even in the driest desert, water can be captured from the air. By setting up mesh ...

Learn how fog collection can help mitigate water shortage in Alto Hospicio, providing vital resources to underserved ...

Scientists have proposed an unlikely solution to water scarcity in one of the driest places on the planet: fog. By harvesting ...

Water harvesting from foggy air provided up to 5 liters of water a day in a yearlong Chilean desert experiment.

With less annual rainfall than 1 mm per year, Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world. The main water ...

Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — A new tool that predicts the behavior of desert locust populations will help national agencies to manage huge swarms before they devastate food crops in Africa and ...

Following the seasonal rains, vast areas of the Negev Desert and surrounding regions become blanketed with colorful wildflowers, creating a rare and temporary spectacle. This natural phenomenon, known ...

It is situated in the middle of the arid Atacama Desert, considered one of the best places on the earth for astronomy. The telescope is located on Armazones Hill, about 3 km above sea level and ...