The city only sees around 0.76 mm of rainfall per year, though its plant and wildlife life is supported by the moisture of a ...

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Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer. It has been a welcome boon to the economy, but local community members ...

Scientists estimate fog nets could collect up to 10 liters of water per square meter daily during peak months.

Water harvesting from foggy air provided up to 5 liters of water a day in a yearlong Chilean desert experiment.

One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far from the truth.

Panoramic view of Alto Hospicio, located in Chile’s Atacama desert, one of the driest places in the world. Credit: Dr.

Star would be the first private mission to another planet and the first in over 30 years to directly measure Venus’s clouds.

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This hot desert area has not seen rain in five centuries and it’s so dry it’s gained a reputation for its record-breaking lack of precipitation. The Atacama Desert, in Chile, is the driest non ...

Learn how fog collection can help mitigate water shortage in Alto Hospicio, providing vital resources to underserved ...