Chile News » Atacama News Chile » Atacama » People: How people in Chile's Atacama Desert evolved to survive drinking arsenic-poisoned water
For most of human history, a water source containing high concentrations of arsenic would have been considered deadly. Long-term exposure to the toxic metal is linked to cancers, cardiovascular ...
News Chile » Atacama » People: A trip through Chile's Atacama desert, the driest place in the world
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chile's Atacama desert is best known for its salt lagoons in the north, but head to the Mar de Dunas in the southern part and you ...
News Chile » Atacama » People: The Map and the Territory: Mining and Renewable Energy in the Atacama Desert
For several years, photographer Jamey Stillings has been documenting renewable energy projects. From high in the sky and on the ground, his work has explored the nuances of a very basic tension: Green ...
News Chile » Atacama » People: Chile's Atacama desert flowers as El Niño rain wakes millions of dormant seeds
The rain that flooded northern Chile in July has also set off what could be one of the largest desert blooms in decades, with the peak due in October.
News Chile » Atacama » People: How one community in Chile is blessed and cursed with lithium
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 ...