Ilya Epikhin of US-based consultancy Arthur D. Little explains how drought, demand and desalination are transforming water ...

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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

Now, up in the Atacama Desert, local initiatives are aiming to ... the irrigation channels which flood their crops with spring water. As the men sweep along the grooves with tree branches, the ...

Cacti in the Atacama are particularly vulnerable to disturbances. Many species live in only a few square kilometers. And in the driest reaches of the desert, cacti depend on fog alone for water.