A New Predator Has Emerged From the Deepest, Darkest Part of the Ocean

The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and ...
BBC

Rare wildflowers blanket Atacama desert

The Atacama desert in Chile sits long and lean, sandwiched between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. The desert's extreme aridity makes it one of the clearest places on Earth to view the ...
NPR

In Chile a language on the verge of extinction, stirs into life

SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, Chile -The dusty main street through San Pedro de Atacama, a tiny town of adobe bricks and whitewashed plaster in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is a whirl of billowing linen shirts, ...
Reuters

In Chile's Atacama, world's driest desert, growing lettuces with fog

CHANARAL, Chile, June 24 (Reuters) - In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, growers and researchers are looking to harness water from the very air itself to grow lettuces and lemons, ...
Stabroek News

Chile’s Atacama desert flower could hold key to drought tolerant crops

ATACAMA, Chile, (Reuters) – In Chile’s arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, scientists are studying a small, resilient flower that could hold genetic clues to help crops withstand worsening ...
Reuters

Lithium mining is slowly sinking Chile's Atacama salt flat, study shows

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 University ...