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 ...

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

Chile is constructing the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), the world's largest optical and near-infrared telescope, atop ...

A hydrogel-based water-harvesting device can pull water from air in the Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth.

Chile’s government claims to be making big moves to decarbonize the mining sector. What actions has it been taking? Chile is ...

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 ...

On the other hand, every few years, an unusually rainy period can produce "super blooms," where even the Atacama becomes blanketed in wildflowers. Desert plants may have to go without fresh water ...

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.

Flamingos feed in Laguna Chaxa, a salt-rich lagoon in Chile’s Atacama Desert. It’s a location that flamingos have adapted to live in over millennia. But each year, is still a struggle.