When it comes to the investigation of key ecosystems in the world, we often omit salt from the
ecological recipe. In fact, despite occupying almost half of the volume of inland waters and …

As a key ingredient of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), lithium plays a significant role in
climate change mitigation, but lithium has considerable impacts on water and society across …

Hypersaline lakes or brines are unique ecosystems with unique value and biodiversity that
provide economic (mining) and noneconomic services (waterbird habitat). As they are …

As the drive for global electrification proceeds, new pressures are placed on agrarian
environments in areas abundant in key minerals for electric batteries. The so-called lithium …

Social unrest is on the rise worldwide amid deepening inequalities, environmental
degradation, and job crises worsened by increasing social-environmental conflicts. In Chile …

For decades, the search for potential signs of Martian life has attracted strong international
interest and has led to significant planning and scientific implementation. Clearly, in order to …

Lithium is a critical raw material for the energy transition and the salar brine deposits of
South America host∼ 70% of global resources. However, there are concerns regarding …

Lithium is rare in Earth's crust compared to the biologically relevant alkali metal cations
sodium and potassium but can accumulate to toxic levels in some environments. We report …

This article emerges from a transdisciplinary collaboration between a micro-biologist and an
anthropologist deeply concerned with the protection of endangered salares (saltpans) in …

In this research, the separation and concentration of lithium ions (Li+) from the aqueous
solution was studied by the liquid-phase polymer-based retention technique (LPR) using …