Center and right: Salt, a byproduct of the brine evaporation process, is piled up at the Albemarle lithium mine in the Atacama Desert on Aug. 24. Paz Olivares Droguett for NPR hide caption ...

ATACAMA DESERT, May 19 (Reuters) - On the white plains of Chile's lithium-rich Atacama desert, bright pink flamingos enliven the sprawling salt flats where sporadic blue pools provide much needed ...

In Chile’s Atacama Desert, brine pools of a lithium mine can be seen with the Andes Mountains in the background. Mining that churns the salty mud is harming the environment there.

The Atacama Desert of Chile is known as the Saudi Arabia of the electric vehicle industry. It is one of the largest lithium reserves in the world, with an estimated 8 million tons.

The Salar de Atacama salt flats (pictured above) contain more than a quarter of the world’s lithium supplies. At this lithium-extraction field north of the town of San Pedro de Atacama, one of ...

Mining companies sifting northern Chile’s Atacama Desert for copper, lithium, and other minerals are increasingly finding water is their most precious resource. Copper $ 5.0205 / lb 0.17% Brent ...

In the Chilean desert, stargazers want to dim the lights on a mining boom. By Laura Bliss and James Attwood Photographs by Cristóbal Olivares June 20, 2024, 7:00 AM UTC ...

The oases that once interrupted the dusty slopes of the Atacama desert in northern Chile allowed humans and animals to survive for thousands of years in the world’s driest climate. That was ...

Much of the Atacama Desert's core is caked in thick salt deposits called playas, which can stretch for miles and are nearly half a meter thick (1.6 feet) in some places.

Leptospirillum could be used to break down large metal waste that has been discarded in Chile's Atacama Desert. ... to eat a nail in just three days could help clean up waste left over from mining.

On the white plains of Chile's lithium-rich Atacama desert, bright pink flamingos enliven the sprawling salt flats where sporadic blue pools provide much needed hydration. ATACAMA DESERT, May 19 ...