Their device was tested in the Atacama Desert during peak summer heat. Researchers develop incredible method to extract water ...

One of the driest places in the world is Chile's Atacama Desert. It receives less than a millimeter of rainfall per year. The main water source of the region's cities is underground rock layers ...

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 ...

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 ...

The water can then be used for irrigation or ... an urban region at the edge of Chile's Atacama Desert. Widely considered the driest place on Earth, the Atacama Desert receives less than 15 ...

Lithium extraction in Chile’s Atacama Desert exacerbates water stress in an already dry region, but debate rages about the industry’s true impact as the government starts reviewing the exploit ...

Wind and sun are abundant in the Atacama; water is noteworthy. Image Vallecito, a small valley just outside the desert’s isolated tourist hub of San Pedro de Atacama.Credit...Anthony Cotsifas ...

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 ...

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 ...