The Loa River water system of northern Chile's Atacama Desert, in the Antofagasta region, exemplifies the high stakes involved in sustainable management of scarce water resources. The Loa surface and groundwater system supplies ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 20, 2015
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Day will briefly turn to night Tuesday over large parts of Chile and Argentina as a total eclipse of the Sun plunges a vast swath of the southern Pacific and the cone of South America into darkness.
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2019
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The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has just received a "heart transplant," high in the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile. ALMA, the most complex astronomical observatory ever built on Earth, installed ...
Astronomy
Feb 7, 2024
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In hidden pockets around the world, tiny creatures consume toxins and wait for their day to again rule the Earth.
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2020
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This satellite image shows the heart-shaped Miscanti lake and smaller Miñiques lake in northern Chile.
Earth Sciences
Feb 14, 2014
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The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of Chile's Atacama Desert, which is bound on the west by the Pacific and on the east by the Andes. The Atacama is considered one of the driest places on Earth—there are ...
Earth Sciences
May 22, 2020
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As the world's largest copper exporter, Chile is encountering a growing number of sulfur-based ore layers containing toxic arsenic in its copper mines. Conventional strategies for separating and landfilling arsenic are proving ...
Materials Science
Aug 2, 2022
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