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 ...

Travelers should explore the Atacama Desert for its unique landscapes, stargazing opportunities and distinct wildlife.

The Atacama Desert in Chile is an otherworldly place to visit, with vast salt flats, saline lagoons, breathtaking hiking opportunities and the third-highest geysers in the world all surrounded by a ...

Their study with a national university shows that the La Brava lagoon, located on the edges of the Atacama salt flat, is fed in part by the salt flat’s brine, which makes it vulnerable to mining ...

Chile’s Atacama salt flat, home to leading lithium producers SQM and Albemarle, accounts for around one-third the world’s supply of lithium, a key ingredient in the batteries that power ...

This would host the second-largest concentration of lithium in salt flats on the planet after the Salar de Atacama. ”We are happy with the results and the future that is beginning to be drawn in ...

Peine, the dusty village where she lives in northern Chile, sits on a hillside by the Salar de Atacama, an enormous 3,000 sq km (1,200 sq mile) salt flat in the driest desert on the planet.