Abstract Today (year 2020), the globally recognized problem of arsenic (As) contamination
of water resources and other environments at toxic levels has been reported in all of the 20 …

Abstract Although geogenic Arsenic (As) contamination is well-recognized in northern Chile,
it is not restricted to this part of the country, as the geological conditions favoring As release …

Elevated concentrations of arsenic in water supplies represent a worldwide health concern.
In at least 14 countries of South America, high levels have been detected relative to …

Abstract The Atacama Desert is one of the driest and oldest deserts on Earth. The extreme
scarcity of rainfall and hence very limited runoff, paired with endorheism, allow sediments …

Water is the most important resource for human, animal, and vegetal life. Recently, the use
of artificial intelligence techniques, such as Random Forest, has been combined with other …

The compilation of water, sediment, rock, and condensed gas data of arsenic (As) in the
Altiplano-Puna of Chile reveals a link between its natural enrichment and volcanic activity …

The earliest evidence of life captured in lithified microbial mats (microbialites) predates the
onset of oxygen production and yet, modern oxygenic mats are often studied as analogs …

Thermophilic microorganisms possess several adaptations to thrive in high temperature,
which is reflected as biosynthesis of proteins and thermostable molecules, isolation and …

With annual precipitation less than 20 mm and extreme UV intensity, the Atacama Desert in
northern Chile has long been utilized as an analogue for recent Mars. In these hyperarid …

Abstract Background The Atacama salt flat is located in northern Chile, at 2300 m above sea
level, and has a high concentration of lithium, being one of the main extraction sites in the …