March 19, 2024

Cover of the State Comptroller's report - Israel's preparation for the climate crisis, 2024

The State Comptroller: The government is faltering, the actions of the treasury have delayed and even stopped the state's preparation to deal with the climate crisis in certain issues

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The government made statements, made decisions - but did not take actions that would allow for real progress.
Figure 1 Illustration of the greenhouse effect. From the State Comptroller's report on dealing with the climate crisis, March 2023

In the decade 2010-2019, the number of reports of natural disasters increased 4.5 times compared to the decade of the seventies because of the climate crisis

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The wind, the sand and the water: a new explanation for the phenomenon of sand dunes on Earth and Mars

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Gallons = small waves. A new international study led by Ben-Gurion University has challenged the prevailing theory that different physical conditions allow the development of galleons that do not exist on Earth
A cave of concealment during the Bar Kochva rebellion that was discovered in Hukok near the Sea of ​​Galilee. Photo: Emil Eljam, Israel Antiquities Authority.

An impressive underground hiding system from the days of the Bar Kochba revolt has been uncovered near the Sea of ​​Galilee

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A ring discovered in a cave in Khokuk that was used by Bar Kochba soldiers to hide from the Romans. Photo: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority
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