Researchers in Chile are launching a project to combat water scarcity in the Atacama Desert by setting up fog collectors in and around Alto Hospicio. These fog collectors will be used in practical ...

Sonia Ramos, a Lickanantay healer born in Chuquicamata, has risen as a defender of water in the Atacama Desert. Council of Atacameño Peoples, She founded Ayllus sin Fronteras, an organization ...

A yearlong assessment of the potential volume of harvested fog water near a city in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert found that it’s possible to collect as much as 5 liters per square meter ...

The Atacama Desert is considered the driest region in the world. A water collector developed by US researchers can extract water from the air there.

A device involving solar panels and a gel produces substantial amounts of water in one of the world’s driest deserts.

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile sits in the rain ... amid a lithium mining boom. Fresh water comes from an underground aquifer, which hasn’t been meaningfully refreshed by rainfall for ...

A small team of engineers from the U.S., Chile and Ireland has found a way to extract more water from drier air, allowing for ...

When it comes to my in-shower process, I'm usually a two-step kind of girl. I like to lather up with bar soap before moving ...

Lickanantay Indigenous communities in Chile's Atacama Desert are negotiating with mining ... and social decisions—such as water protection and extraction methods—rather than commercial control.

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — At the top of a craggy path ... "Our life is contained in that water," says Cruz, gesturing forlornly out toward the salt as she stands in the low doorway to her home.