Scientists in Chile are proving that even in the driest desert, water can be captured from the air. By setting up mesh ...

Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, ...

Fog harvesting is a relatively simple process. Mesh panels are hung between poles, and as moisture-laden clouds pass through ...

The city of Alto Hospicio, in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is one of the driest places on Earth. And yet its population of 140,000 ...

Research in Chile could help to provide drinking water for some of the world's most arid places.

As cities grow, so does their demand for water, often surpassing the capacity of traditional sources. Many fast-expanding ...

Fog could be used to bring water to some of the world's driest regions following a discovery by scientists in South America. Researchers tested whether making water from fog could help solve the ...

Chile has been in the grip of one of the worst droughts in 60 years and last year declared a water emergency in Petorca, the center of its world-leading avocado trade.

Chile presented on Monday a “Plan to combat Drought” to increase the provision of water and improve its efficient use thus ensuring the supply for human consumption and the production of food.

A worker pours drinking water on a tank of a house on April 1, 2021, in a valley in the commune of Petorca, in Valparaiso (Chile). EFE/Alberto Valdes On the other hand, Valparaíso is one of the ...

Paddling in the Strait of Magellan, Adrián Simancas was caught in a humpback’s lunge. “I realized that I was in something’s ...