Environment
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It Takes A Planet
Astronomers train “Earth-sized” telescope on our galactic center
For five days recently, telescopes around the world—including UMass’s own Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT)—focused upon a supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy. The black hole in... More
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Water, Desert, and Salt
UMass Amherst researchers tackle an Atacama Salar mystery
The Atacama Desert in Chile is the driest non-polar desert in the world. Rain gauges have stood in the desert for seventy years but never caught a drop of rain. Here, the ambient temperature gets so... More
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Clean Soil, Safe Food
Environmental and soil chemist works to make the world a healthier place
Identified as a most highly cited researcher in the area of environmental and ecological sciences by Thompson-Reuters for the past three years, Baoshan Xing, an environmental and soil chemist in the... More
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RiverSmart Communities
Helping Massachusetts residents understand and withstand flooding
Rivers connect us. Parks run alongside them, bridges cross them, farms flourish in the rich soil beside them. When floods like those caused by 2011’s Hurricane Irene occur, they don’t just destroy... More
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Outrageously Luminous
Undergraduate discovers galaxies brighter than any previously known
Astronomers are used to describing the brightest galaxies in the cosmos as “ultra-luminous” or “hyper-luminous.” Kevin Harrington ’16 has discovered eight galaxies so much brighter than any... More
