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A satellite image has revealed an enormous pile of discarded clothing that is so big it's visible from space. The clothing pile, which contains everything from Christmas sweaters to ski boots, is ...
Arizona's saguaro cactus has evolved to thrive in the extreme climate of the Sonoran Desert, but after decades of rising heat, even these towering icons are showing signs of stress.
WHEN I RETURNED my rental car at the airport in Calama, I’d driven 1,499 miles through the Atacama Desert, drawing a zigzag through Chile’s far north. The driest place on earth — vying with ...
What a waste. A satellite image taken above Chile’s Atacama Desert captures ever-growing mountains of discarded clothes as the problem of fast fashion persists. The photo, shared last month by ...
The fashion industry has created a sprawling informal disposal network across the world—that brings with it money, conflict, and environmental destruction.
Some 39,000 tons of discarded clothing have amassed in Chile’s Atacama desert, Agence France-Presse has reported — equivalent to the weight of nearly 27,000 compact cars in scrapped fabric.