Astronomers are rejoicing over the cancellation of a $10bn project in Chile's Atacama Desert, which threatened the world's ...

Astronomers had warned that proximity of INNA facility to telescopes would have irreparably damaged observation ...

The sustainability of lithium batteries is questioned due to extraction impacts and recycling challenges, necessitating systemic changes for a greener future.

Corporate Knights trained its lens on a wide universe of corporations to produce its first-ever Latin America–specific ...

Grenergy has closed a US$355 million senior non-recourse financing agreement for its Central Oasis solar-plus-storage platform in Chile.

Snowfall in deserts is mainly the result of sharp temperature swings. Many deserts lie far from oceans or are located at high ...

Governments are starting to realize the problems in the copper industry and have made copper a critical metal. The United States and are countries have begun stockpiling copper, signaling a fear of ...

Before this fateful attack, Pizarro’s brother, Pedro Pizarro, made a curious observation: other than the Inca himself, the Lord of Chincha was the only person at Cajamarca carried on a litter, a ...

California photographer and conservationist Krystle Hickman is on a quest to document hundreds of species of native bees, which are under threat by climate change and habitat loss, some of it caused ...

Discover drought-tolerant native desert trees—whitethorn acacia, catclaw mimosa and screwbean mesquite—that shelter songbirds ...

To protect the southwest’s iconic Joshua trees, scientists are tinkering with their genetics and searching for climate havens ...

California holds vast stores of lithium. But mining projects stir debate over environmental costs and economic benefits.