VIEW IMAGES (3) Edward Burtynsky Canadian, b. 1955 Lithium Salt Flats, Atacama Desert, Chile, 2017 ...

A football court, paid by lithium companies, in the indiginous community of Peine, the closest town to the lithium mining operations, in the Atacama Salt Flat on Saturday 12 of April, 2024.

If soaking in healing hot springs and slathering mud on your back sounds like your idea of a good time, head to this ...

He adds that the Atacama salt flat is a “unique ecosystem” as it’s connected to the eastern, southern and western edges of the desert. For Chocobar, the Indigenous guardian, there’s little ...

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are racing to protect already scarce water supplies and their way of life.

Chile's Atacama salt flat is sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches) per year due to lithium brine extraction, according to a study by the University of Chile.

From there, you move on to Salar de Atacama, a national park. Here, the salt flats, rocky and rugged, extend forever and you can walk through them. Keep reading with a digital access subscription.

Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfuly reviving the language and teaching it to a new generation.