Climate
"Never seen in modern history": Experts outline an El Niño that may rewrite climate records
Climate models indicate the anomaly, expected to be one of the most intense in roughly a century and a half, will show its most severe effects between the autumn of 2026 and the winter of 2027.
Secrets of a drowned realm: DNA traces show the North Sea once held sprawling woodlands
The saline blueprint: Can saving the Dead Sea reshape Middle East diplomacy?
Only 5 times since the 1950s: Meteorologists warn of a Super El Niño
A look at the jellyfish that swarm the coasts of Israel
Sea bathers have already reported encounters with various types of jellyfish.
Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023, report says
Growing demand for fossil fuel despite the scaling up of renewables could be a sticking point for the transition to lower carbon energy as global temperature increases reach 1.5C.
Ozone has a key role in influencing the climate of habitable exoplanets
The findings of a team led by Hebrew University researchers reveal a relationship between ozone levels and atmospheric stability.
Israel's climate tech: Visionary or hollow?
Inside Israeli Innovation with Maayan Hoffman: Season 2, Episode 12
Historic rainstorm wreaks havoc in UAE, disrupts flights, floods major roads
In Dubai, major thoroughfares were reduced to a crawl, with some vehicles, including buses, nearly submerged underwater. Social media footage displayed dramatic scenes of malls and homes flooded.
Israeli researchers want to build a space parasol to cool Earth, mitigate global warming
Rozen and his team say scientists already have "all the pieces needed" to return to pre-Industrial Revolution temperatures.
How a Trump win could cost the world $900 billion
This surge in emissions would effectively cancel out the environmental benefits gained from implementing wind, solar, and other clean energy technologies worldwide over the past five years, twice.
War to warming: Israel’s climate envoy says time to re-engage with crisis
"The climate crisis did not disappear," Gideon Behar told The Jerusalem Post. "The world needs Israel: Israeli innovation, solutions, ideas, vision, and strategies."
Combating climate change and protecting ecology in Israel
Currently set targets are too low, and the watered-down Climate Change Bill of 2023 is a step in the right direction, but there is much more left to do.
Rains bring relief to drought-stricken Iraq, experts urge action to prevent more desertification
Although the Tigris and Euphrates rivers have swelled in recent heavy rains, a dry climate is the norm in Iraq, and with Turkish and Iranian dams cutting off water flow.
