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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 onto body wash, typically one with a hint of fragrance to help cement the ...

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.

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.

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 ...

See All Key Ideas You could be forgiven for thinking there’s no water in the Atacama Desert. In fact, the driest desert on Earth has underground springs that feed the Chaxa, Cejar and ...