The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...

Uranium One Group, a subsidiary of Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom, may buy a controlling stake in a lithium project in Chile’s Atacama salt flat from Wealth Minerals Ltd, the Canada ...

Chile's "Hidden Lagoons" are gorgeous salt pools in the middle of the Atacama Desert. The pools are so high in salinity that swimmers can effortlessly float on their surface. Written and produced ...

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 ...

In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile’s northern Atacama Desert, there is barely any movement. It’s midday and the sun beats down from a cloudless sky. At this ...