Extracting nitrate and valuable byproducts like iodine ... One of the driest places on earth, some parts of the Atacama Desert receive only 0.2 inches of rainfall a year, according to the National ...

As per the latest development, a new research has unveiled a rich microbial ‘biosphere’ thriving 13 ft beneath the desolate expanse of Chile's Atacama Desert. This remarkable discovery sheds ...

This megaproject, which was proposed in December by U.S. power company AES Corporation's AES Andes subsidiary, may be built in Chile's Atacama Desert. The Atacama is famed for its pitch-black ...

Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...