FILE PHOTO: Atacama Desert salt flats, lithium deposit spots, in Chile SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A protest by several hundred people in northern Chile on Wednesday blocked access to the Atacama salt flat, ...

SANTIAGO (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 of Chile.

Ministers overseeing the Chilean government’s sustainability and climate change efforts have proposed a network of protected areas comprising 27 salt flats and lagoons, part of the country’s National ...

Why is this photograph important? Environmental Paradox: Burtynsky’s image starkly juxtaposes the surreal beauty of lithium extraction with its ecological toll, encapsulating the moral dilemma of ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A top environmental judge in Chile renewed a call for a government-vetted water study to help stamp out lingering questions about sustainability that have cast a pall over Chile's ...

THIS spectacular snapshot of a landscape in the Salar de Atacama, a salt flat in northern Chile, was captured with a drone by photographer Olivier Grunewald. He has documented the journey of ...

Andres Almonte, an International Affairs major and IAFS Global Grant recipient, shares the unforgettable experiences from his study abroad journey in Chile, through the program ISA Chile: Valparaiso ...