In the Atacama desert, the extraction of lithium – so crucial to addressing the climate crisis – comes with escalating social and environmental costs A high-altitude desert plateau traverses Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. I am on the Chilean side, sitting in a Jeep along with two other researcher...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/11/chilean-salt-flat-extractive-frontiers-green-capitalism-atacama)