On an expedition with Explora, Michael Snyder visits the remote Tierra del Fuego, at the southernmost tip of South America, and gets a taste of life as a homesteader.

The extraordinary event temporarily shut down equipment at the ALMA Observatory, and the snow reached the telescope's main ...

Residents of the world's driest desert, the Atacama in northern Chile, woke up Thursday to a jaw-dropping spectacle: its ...

Discover why Antarctica no longer has lush forests with giant ferns and how ancient fires fueled intense volcanic activity.

The Atacama Desert, recognised as one of the driest and oldest deserts on Earth, offers a unique natural laboratory for the study of extreme hydrological and geological processes. Its remarkably ...

The quake's epicenter was 104 kilometres southwest of San Pedro de Atacama, a small town on the edge of the northern desert near Chile's border with Bolivia, the USGS had said.

Atacama is the driest desert in the world. Even though the temperature gets down to minus 14 degrees in winter, it never snows because it almost never rains, year in, year out.

SANTIAGO, Chile — A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile on Friday, causing minor infrastructure damage and cutting power to over 20,000 people. Authorities have not reported any ...

This opinion piece argues that Thailand’s unilateral maps have become the centre of controversy and are a bottleneck for the peaceful settlement of the border dispute with Cambodia. In the judgment of ...

Independent power producer (IPP) Grenergy has acquired 1GW (298 units) of inverters from Spanish manufacturer Ingeteam for its 2GW/11GWh Oasis de Atacama solar-plus-storage project in Chile.

A multi-million dollar renovation of the Tierra Atacama hotel has transformed one of the driest places on earth into a high-end destination. Sarah Marshall Wednesday 18 June 2025 15:30 BST 0 Comments ...