Chile’s long-running megadrought has pushed its Andean ice to a breaking point, shrinking glaciers that once buffered cities ...

The high mountains of central Chile look solid and eternal, but their ice is in trouble. For fifteen years, the country has ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Recent torrential rains in Chile have brought back to life - for now at least - reservoirs and lagoons that had all but dried up after years of drought, with dramatic images of ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) – A punishing, decade-long drought in Chile has gone from bad to worse due to a scorching July, a month which typically brings midwinter weather showering the capital Santiago in ...

Fighting drought with human hair in Chile's drought-stricken orchards SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Small mats of human hair line the base of plants, helping lock in moisture for crops in orchards around Chile ...

For Erick Hurtado, the worst thing about the drought that has devastated his family farm in Chile is the dead animals. "Going out and seeing the animals dead on the ground is so horrible," Hurtado ...

With historically low river flows and reservoirs running dry due to drought, people in central Chile have found themselves particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic.

CASABLANCA, Chile (Reuters) - Beekeeper Pablo Alvarez squats beside his backyard hives and points upward into a cloudless Chilean sky. Bees come and go along the line he signals, flying in unison as ...

Google’s plans for two new data centers in Chile and Uruguay have thrust the issue of water consumption into the spotlight. A prolonged drought in much of South America has forced tech giants like ...

SANTA ROSA, Chile (Reuters) - Chile is suffering its worst drought in decades, and the government is handing out emergency drinking water along a quarter of the Andean nation's length as wells dry up.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Small mats of human hair line the base of plants, helping lock in moisture for crops in orchards around Chile that have been struggling with drought for years. The hair, which is ...