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Atmosphere and Climate

The connection between lightning storms and cirrus clouds

Tel Aviv University
September 18, 2023

An increase in the number of lightning storms may increase the amount of cirrus clouds and increase the global warming process

Winds of climate change

Weizmann Institute
May 31, 2023

For two decades, researchers have been trying to find a way to track a climate system that has a decisive influence on the location of rainforests and deserts on Earth. A new study solves the challenge and reveals the extent of the influence of humans

Is there electricity in the air? These are the bees

Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
December 31, 2022

The power of a group - the electrifying version: British researchers discovered that swarms of bees carry a particularly powerful electrical charge. It turns out that the buzz is literal

The oxygen dance: the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere rose and fell in significant fluctuations until the appearance of land plants

Science site The Conversation
October 19, 2022
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The discovery also has value in a completely different field - the search for life on planets outside the solar system

Sensors will be placed on taxis in the US to monitor the urban climate

The Hebrew University
October 19, 2021

The study seeks to deal with the uncertainty in monitoring the urban climate. Despite being characterized by sharp variations both in time and space, and having significant consequences on the quality of life, the economy and the cost of living, yet it turns out that the urban climate is hardly measured in the city

For the first time a connection was found between rain and the concentration of aerosols in the air near the ground

Tel Aviv University
May 25, 2021
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Public involvement and political support are essential for success in any country's fight against the climate crisis

Avi Blizovsky
April 5, 2021
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This is according to a study presented as part of an international expert workshop on behalf of the Israel Public Policy Institute (IPPI) and the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The discussion presented guiding principles for climate legislation in Israel, the key elements for effective legislation and what can be learned from countries that have already completed climate legislation

Around the world in 14 days: this is how the haze from the fires in Australia surrounded the world

Weizmann Institute
March 20, 2021

The shells that will reveal to us the state of air pollution in the ocean

Ben-Gurion University
January 12, 2021
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Summary of 2020 in the environment: not only Corona

Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
January 5, 2021

Following the Corona, we were destined to face new challenges that had a great impact on the person and the environment: instead of personal meetings, we switched to meetings on Zoom and other online platforms, we traveled the country and avoided social gatherings and wore masks everywhere we went. Will 2020 also be the year that dictates the way for significant changes in the public's attitude to environmental issues?