Ecology

Galilee Eco Center: regenerative agriculture, healing in the Galilee

The Galilee Eco Center aims to restore land, combining sustainable farming and science.

|ByBEN BRESKY
(From L) Avi Freidman, Ariela Solomon, and Yael Maoz at the site of the future Galilee Eco Center, this year.
Manta ray spotted in Eilat Bay, April 21, 2026.

'Graceful dancing giants': Divers spot five manta rays swimming through Eilat Bay

Manta rays are cartilage fish that can reach an impressive wingspan of about seven meters, and despite their impressive size, are known as "gentle giants" and are not dangerous to humans. 

|ByZIV REINSTEIN
Illustrative image of a town in Central Asia.

Ignoring Central Asia’s environmental crisis is a strategic mistake - opinion

Falling water levels also affect river transport and port operations. The Caspian Sea's declining levels threaten ecosystems and critical economic assets, including ports and energy facilities.

|ByZULFIYA SULEIMENOVA
Plumes of smoke rise after the IDF carried out house demolitions in the northern Gaza Strip in January. It is believed that between 80,000 and 200,000 tons of munitions were fired or dropped on Gaza over two years of war.

From Ukraine to Gaza, war's ecological toll sparks ecocide accountability push

As conflicts from Ukraine to Gaza ravage ecosystems, momentum is building to recognize environmental destruction as a war crime

|BySTEPHANIE L. FREID

Is there now too much water in the Kinneret?

ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: If the water crosses the "upper red line," it might cause flooding in the surrounding city of Tiberias and infrastructure.

APRIL 24, 2020BySARAH VORSANGER/ZAVIT, DOMINIK DOEHLER
A VIEW of Lake Kinneret from Tiberias in January. The lake continues to rise.

Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic

Unlike the wildfires in California or Australia, we cannot claim that the pandemic is a direct result of climate change.

APRIL 15, 2020ByDAVID LEHRER
the same underlying conditions that caused COVID-19 to become a pandemic are some of the root causes of climate change.

Corona’s silver lining

We must not go back to our excessive and fossil-burning ways.

MARCH 26, 2020ByYOSEF I. ABRAMOWITZ
As a masked woman looks on, Roni Ben-Ari and Yonatan Meushar celebrate their wedding at Ein Hemed, which is offering free, small-scale weddings for young couples due to restrictions imposed by the government to fight coronavirus on March 18

My Word: Going green and ancient prayers

Among the stories I remain proudest of was an investigation into the state of the country’s rivers – warning of the dangerous levels of pollution.

OCTOBER 10, 2019ByLIAT COLLINS
Some of the 'Cool Globes' on display near Jerusalem's O;d City in 2013 to raise awareness of climate change.

5780: The year of environmental teshuva

We are over-consuming the world.

OCTOBER 6, 2019ByNIGEL SAVAGE
'We have too many cars'

Endangered turtles bred in captivity in Israel to help save species

The hatchling, one of 60 to be released into the wild this week, is part of a unique conservation program run by the Israeli Sea Turtle Rescue Center.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019ByREUTERS
Two green sea turtles touch heads at the Israeli Sea Turtle Rescue Center, in Mikhmoret north of Tel Aviv, Israel September 23, 2019.

Stav Shaffir offers a 12-year green economy program for Israel

Israel Democratic Union party released on Tuesday a program meant to place Israel on the cutting edge of the global effort to save the planet.

AUGUST 28, 2019ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Stav Shaffir

Israeli researchers are using 3D printing technology to help rebuild coral reefs

Coral reef systems are being continuously degraded worldwide. This technology, now being applied off the coast of Eilat, helps rebuild the diversity of the underwater ecosystem.

AUGUST 25, 2019ByZACHARY KEYSER
A man snorkels in an area called the 'Coral Gardens' near Lady Elliot Island, on the Great Barrier Reef

Trump speaks with Brazil's Bolsonaro, offers aid with Amazon fires

Brazil’s Amazon is burning at a record rate, according to data from the National Institute of Space Research.

AUGUST 25, 2019ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
A tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24, 2019

July 8, 2019: What the Ethiopians demonstrated

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say.

JULY 7, 2019ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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