Academic unit: Atacama Desert Center

Thick fog stretching across a mountainous region in the Atacama Desert, viewed from above.

UC Chile Atacama Desert Center Wins National Geographic Award for Innovative Fog Water Solutions

The National Geographic Society's Freshwater Conservation Projects competition received over 200 proposals worldwide, all focused on protecting freshwater…

Transforming Fog into Water in the World’s Driest Desert

The Atacama Desert Research Station, inaugurated as part of the Desierto Vivo (Living Desert) project funded by the Public Science program, is a pioneering…

Plants Living on the Edge of Aridity in the Atacama Desert

Better known as airplants, tillandsias are unique species capable of capturing water from the ground and the fog. This particularity has made them excellent…