The lithium in the brine beneath the brilliant white Atacama salt flat, which stretches out across the valley floor, has become a global resource. "Our life is contained in that water," says Cruz ...

Peine sits on the edge of the nearly 1,200-square-mile Atacama Salt Flat, or Salar de Atacama. Sitting beneath its surface, dissolved in underground saline waters called brine, is one of the ...

The Council of Atacameño Peoples filed a complaint in October 2024 against lithium mining companies operating in Chile’s Atacama salt flat, accusing them of causing the land to sink around ...

SANTIAGO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - 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 ...

The Atacama Salt Flat in northern Chile, a stunning natural landscape rich in geysers, rare birds, and a massive salt expanse, is sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 centimeters per year due to human ...

In this image, the ethereal blue and green pools create a mirage-like effect across vast salt flats, capturing not an alien landscape but rather the engineered terrain of Chile’s largest lithium ...

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 ...