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As lithium mining bleeds Atacama salt flat dry, Indigenous communities hit back
As lithium mining bleeds Atacama salt flat dry, Indigenous communities hit back
You could be forgiven for thinking there’s no water in the Atacama Desert. In fact, the driest desert on Earth has underground springs that feed the Chaxa, Cejar and Tebenquiche lagoons, as well as other bodies of water, providing oases for various animals such as flamingos and extremophiles. It’s said that the ancestors of the […]
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As lithium mining bleeds Atacama salt flat dry, Indigenous communities hit back