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Two astrophysicists at the Center for Astrophysics (CfA), a Harvard and Smithsonian collaboration, have recommended a method to view a supermassive black hole said to be the second closest to the Earth. It is 3 million times the mass of the Sun and is accommodated by the dwarf galaxy Leo I.

According to a recent study, ocean acidification and global warming pose a threat to marine organisms like corals, bryozoans, mollusks, sea urchins, and crustaceans that assemble their skeletons and shells from calcium carbonate (chalk).

When storms wash the sand from the coast out to sea, large swaths of land are devoured by the sea.

At the University of Konstanz, the Plant Physiology and Biochemistry research group has found earlier unidentified molecular mechanisms by which plants tend to adapt to their surroundings. It is a significant basic knowledge during times of climate change.

Grazing is a trillion-dollar industry that is especially vital in drylands, which comprise around 40% of the Earth’s land surface and are home to half of the world’s livestock.

In late June and early July 2021, the heat wave that struck western North America was not just any midsummer event. For more than nine days, from British Columbia through Washington and Oregon and beyond, the temperature surpassed average regional temperatures for the period by 10°C (18°F), and on single days in few locales, by an incredible 30°C or 54°F.

Blazars are some of the brightest celestial bodies. They consist of a supermassive black hole that can produce two strong jets perpendicular to the disc on either side, feeding off material that is swirling around it in a disc.

Disease-resistant corals can help “rescue” more vulnerable corals in the appropriate living conditions, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, which investigated a disease outbreak at a coral nursery in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Scientists at ETH have devised a method for concurrently cooling multiple nanoparticles to temperatures just a few thousandths of a degree above absolute zero.

According to a recent ICTA-UAB study, switching to a low-carbon energy system could result in significant global emissions, consuming the majority of the carbon budget still available and leaving less emissions available for socioeconomic processes and activities.