News J-WAFS researchers examine the impacts of mining in Chile

Carolyn Blais March 22, 2024

Scott Odell and John Fernández are collaborating on a project that investigates the effects of climate change, mining, and agriculture in Chile. The project seeks to answer how the expansion of seawater desalination by the mining industry is affecting local populations, and how climate change and mining affect Andean glaciers and the agricultural communities dependent upon them.