Astronomers discovered a black hole unlike any other. At one hundred thousand solar masses, it is smaller than the black holes we have found at the centers of galaxies, but bigger than the black holes that are born when stars explode.
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Days With Hazardous Levels of Air Pollutants Are More Common Due to Increase in Wildfires
In Western U.S., health risks from ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter continue to grow, study shows
Air Pollution Makes It Harder for Bees to Sniff Out Flowers, Study Finds
Air pollution may be making it harder for bees and other insects to follow the scent of flowers, reducing pollination by as much as a third, new research suggests.
New Tool to Help Solid-Waste Systems Reach Cost, Environmental Goals
Researchers develop a novel open-source life-cycle optimization framework for solid waste and sustainable materials management applications named SwolfPy
Is Vesuvius Taking an Extended Siesta?
Located near Naples, Italy, Vesuvius last had a violent eruption in 1944, towards the end of the Second World War.
Study Finds That River Flows Linked to the Ups and Downs of Imperiled Chinook Salmon Population
A study led by Simon Fraser University researchers has discovered that sufficient water flows during summer can be critical to a Chinook salmon population in the interior of British Columbia.


