The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...

C hile's Atacama salt flat is sinking at a rate of 1-2 centimeters per year due to lithium brine extraction, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a study by the University of Chile that used ...

I have always been fascinated by the wonders of nature, and the Atacama Desert in South America is a place that truly captivates the imagination. Stretching across northern Chile, the Atacama ...

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Although there are more than 50 salt flats in Chile, only one is currently being exploited: Atacama, the largest in Chile and the third largest in the world, which concentrates 90% of the country ...

Environment officials charged the miner with over- pumping lithium-rich brine from the salt flat. Indigenous groups in Chile´s lithium-rich Atacama salt flat, fresh off a resounding legal victory ...

ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — At the top of a craggy path in Socaire, a hilltop village deep in Chile's Atacama Desert, a black flag whips in the wind above Jeanette Cruz's house. The desert sun has ...

Stretching across northern Chile and southern Peru, the Atacama is the driest non-polar desert on the planet. With its "Martian landscapes" and sprawling salt flats, the arid "geographical ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy transition. It was produced by Grist and co ...

In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile’s northern Atacama Desert, there is barely any movement. It’s midday and the sun beats down from a cloudless sky. At this ...