The project in the Atacama Desert could increase light pollution by up to 50%, making it much harder to observe the cosmos near the Paranal Observatory.

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.

Re-Commerce Atacama is part of an initiative to highlight the growing issue of discarded clothing in Chile and global textile waste. It was launched following a fashion show held in the desert last ...

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

A green energy plant expected to be built in Chile's Atacama Desert could increase night-time sky brightness at one of the ... Participation Process in response to the INNNA environmental assessment.

At first sight, orange and off-white shards of rocks surrounded by dust and dirt are all you can see for thousands of desolate kilometres in the Atacama Desert of Chile. This is one of the driest ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...

This phenomenon, sometimes called a “desert bloom,” is filling sections of the Atacama with bright flowers. The Atacama Desert stretches along the coast of northern Chile, encompassing over ...

The Atacama Desert in Chile is home to one of the world’s richest copper belts, though the inhospitable enviroment makes it challenging to explore and develop. The exceedingly dry, high-altitude ...

Fly over the dramatic peaks of the Andes, the vibrant cityscapes of Santiago, the picturesque mountains, and the otherworldly Atacama Desert ... an enormous inflation problem, expert says Musk ...