Grist on MSN6d
Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source
The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...
Front Page Detectives on MSN5d
Chile's Atacama Desert May Be Famous for the 'Giant' Geoglyph, but the U.S. Uses It as a 'Fast Fashion Graveyard'
Chile's Atacama Desert May Be Famous for the 'Giant' Geoglyph, but the U.S. Uses It as a 'Fast Fashion Graveyard' The Atacama Desert has been an enigma for experts and enthusiasts worldwide. The ...
High Teck: The Canadian miner bets its future on a copper mine in the Atacama Desert
The Canadian miner’s reinvention as a critical-metals player—via its massive copper mine in Chile’s Andean foothills— could ...
FashionUnited7d
Clothes from waste mountain in Atacama Desert are 'sold'
Clothing from Chile's Atacama Desert waste mountain is being 'sold' online to reduce textile waste. Items are free, only ...
Nature12d
Light pollution threatens fleet of world-class telescopes in Atacama Desert
The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...
Scathing Report Claims Energy Megaproject Will Ruin ‘Best Place on Earth for Astronomy’
The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos ...
Space on MSN12d
Dark skies above world's best astronomy sites could be ruined by new energy project
A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile's Atacama Desert could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the ...
SYFY on MSN3d
Astronomers Discover Space Tornadoes Circling the Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy
Observations from the ALMA telescope array uncovered evidence of giant space tornadoes at the core of our galaxy.
Good News Network8d
Judge Rules Against Cacti Smuggling Ring, Orders Them to Pay for Desert Restoration Under ‘Moral Damages’
Damages of €20,000 were paid to ABC for its legal costs and to further its conservation work in very desert the plants came ...
Daily Express10d
The eerie ghost town in the world's 'driest' desert that's been abandoned for 60 years
Thousands of foreign travellers visit the geysers, salt flats, oases and volcanoes of north Chile's Atacama Desert. It is located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of the country.
Space.com on MSN3d
Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'
"As the large and bright discs are the easiest to observe, our previous view of the birth site of planets was biased." ...
THE WEEK13d
Chile's stargazing 'dark skies' are under threat
Chile's Atacama desert is the driest non-polar region on Earth, where "the sky shines when the sun sets", said The Guardian. Comets "burn brightly" and "flawless trails of stars" and nebulae ...