#14 - Cristina Dorador (Encountering the Atacama Desert‪)‬ Miradas

Microbial ecologist Cristina Dorador is one of Chile’s leading scientists, known for her pioneering research demonstrating how the Atacama Desert, its rivers, harsh salt lakes and nearby Andean plateaus are teeming with microscopic life. In this episode she dials in from Antofagasta to discuss how the Atacama’s salt flats hold clues to the origins of life and even extra-terrestrial lifeforms, how lithium and copper mining are impacting this fragile environment and the indigenous peoples that depend on it, and why she wants to help rewrite Chile’s Pinochet-era constitution in order to return resources and autonomy to the long-neglected north.

Follow Cristina on Twitter: @criordor

Read one of Cristina’s articles: La consagración del desierto La Tercera, October 28, 2020 (https://www.latercera.com/opinion/noticia/la-consagracion-del-desierto/QDMIHSPL7RFUZBFAC3RXOSP66U/)


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