The Andean highlands of South America — where Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia meet — is also known as the “Lithium Triangle,” as the region contains more than half of the world’s supply of the valuable ...

Lithium is powering the world’s electric vehicles, making the metal a key part in the quest to reduce carbon emissions. But the combination of lithium mining and climate change in the Andes Mountains ...

A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B found that the combination of lithium mining and climate change in the Andes mountains may be negatively influencing flamingo ...

Beneath the saline lakes high in the Andes Mountains in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia lies the world’s largest trove of lithium, a metal used in batteries for electric vehicles and to store power ...

Some locals say that miners sucking water out of the earth to get to the lithium are starving the long-legged birds in the process. Some locals say that miners sucking water out of the earth to get to ...

Flamingos doing their thing at Laguna Chaxa, a saline lake in the Salar de Atacama, the world's third largest salt flat. The Sahara and Arabian deserts are justly famous for their oasis escapes ...

Chile's saltwater lake closest to lithium mining activity has lost 10 to 12 percent of its flamingo population in the past 11 years. Although climate change has caused numerous saltwater lakes in the ...

Tesla Motors Inc. and General Motors Corp.’s Chevrolet are preparing to bring out mass-market electric cars next year. If you plan to buy one and help save the planet, people who live near the Atacama ...