environmental issues
- Guest article
- September 13, 2023
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In order to honor the efforts of the local authorities, the "Equasion" association operates the "Blue Flag" program on some of Israel's declared bathing beaches - an international program for the environmental management of bathing beaches and marinas on behalf of the FEE (Foundation for Environmental Education) organization.
- Haifa University
- September 12, 2023
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- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
- September 10, 2023
The cooperative economy tries to provide an answer to the loss of food
- Avi Blizovsky
- September 6, 2023
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This is according to a report by the UN's IPBES committee, the equivalent of the IPCC that reports on the climate crisis
- Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
- September 3, 2023
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An initiative is needed to save the beaches that are damaged due to human activity combined with global warming.
- Avi Blizovsky
- August 30, 2023
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The research shows that microplastic pollution is a universal phenomenon that is common everywhere, even in the most isolated regions of the world. Further research is needed to understand the effects of this pollution on human health and the environment
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- August 28, 2023
They are the children of the summer of 2023: a new Israeli study examined who are the Israeli youth who choose to take part in environmental movements - and found caring alongside a high level of climate anxiety, and also a clear demand of those young people for support from the education system
- The Voice of Science website - the Israel National Science Foundation
- August 26, 2023
Dust that came from the Sahara and Saudi Arabia about 11,000 years ago - contributed to the development of agriculture in the Jordan Valley
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- August 25, 2023
Opinion: Despite the objections of experts and residents, these days the Prime Minister's Office is examining the expansion of the transportation of the oil of Katsa'a; In light of the dangers involved in such a course - it seems that our government simply does not care enough about the damages of one of the most polluting industries in the world
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- August 22, 2023
בתערוכת הבוגרים.ות של האקדעים בצעלאל בלטו בעשועותן העדות הגמר שעוסקות עשועים שמידתים. אלו העידו על סוידים וסטודוייות מלאים באמביציה וברעיונים חדשניים, שב משפרותם המקיום משיום שינים משחפיטי ומעשים סיבים סוגייט שגרי האקלימים
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- August 18, 2023
Not keeping up: a new Israeli study indicates that our country has fallen behind in meeting the UN's sustainable development goals. So what do we do? According to the author of the study, we cannot wait for a legislative change - and the time has come for a change from below
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- August 16, 2023
The animal that breaks the laws of nature: a new Israeli study reveals that the colonies of the flower botryll, a unique marine creature, age in their entirety - and then return to being young again. The phenomenon received the term "Orshina rhythm" - the Talmudic name of the mythological phoenix
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- August 14, 2023
These days, Ukraine is working on a surprising reconstruction plan for the moment after the end of the fighting: the country is not content only with the reconstruction of the ruins, but also seeks to rebuild itself in a more ecological and sustainable way
- Tel Aviv University
- August 10, 2023
Climate change may lead to the collapse of the population of lizards that are common in the deserts of the Land of Israel
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- August 10, 2023
Opinion: Despite popular belief, ultra-Orthodox society has many more environmental characteristics than we would think. In these days of severe division in Israeli society, looking at the environmental aspect may bring the sectors closer together, and allow us to build a more sustainable future together
- Avi Blizovsky
- August 1, 2023
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The analysis of the global discourse on the networks regarding the climate crisis reveals high expectations from the business sector for finding solutions, while skepticism regarding corporate "greenwash" dominates
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- July 31, 2023
A New Zealand study reveals that people who tend to cooperate - also tend to be more environmentally friendly. All together, for the sake of the planet?
- Ofir Amber
- July 30, 2023
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Cooperation between non-profit organizations and government institutions from Israel, the USA, Germany and Tanzania with the aim of building an innovative water filtration system using ceramic filters in a school in Babati district reached its peak when a delegation of Engineers Without Borders-Israel from an important project in Tanzania
- Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
- July 29, 2023
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For most people, "changing attitudes to nature" is nothing more than a purely academic side job, but this change is deeper. A fundamental and necessary change is required to preserve and protect biological diversity and to protect human and animal populations around the world from harm
- Avi Blizovsky
- July 29, 2023
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Researchers are documenting the damaging impact of worsening drought and wildfires over the past three years
- Science site The Conversation
- July 26, 2023
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M: Lak yes. Even under the most optimistic future scenarios—in which humans stop burning fossil fuels and reduce other greenhouse gas emissions—the average global temperature will likely remain at least 1°C above pre-industrial temperatures, and possibly much more, for hundreds of years.
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- July 25, 2023
A Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded as part of the 51st Annual Science and Environment Conference to Prof. Yossi Levia. In a celebratory interview, he talks about his love for the profession, the corals and the researchers who grew up in his laboratory - and also warns: "Ktsa'a could cause an unprecedented ecological disaster on our reefs and those of our neighbors to the south."
- Avi Blizovsky
- July 17, 2023
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Eunice Newton Foote was the first to discover the alarming effects of carbon oxides in the atmosphere in 1856. Today this phenomenon is known as the greenhouse effect. It can be said that then also began the denial of the climate crisis that continues to this day
- Bar-Ilan University
- July 6, 2023
One of the problems is that offsetting carbon to the Rav fails to offset emissions empirically, and its effectiveness is questionable. In addition, when calculating emissions, emissions caused by ancillary activities are sometimes ignored
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
- July 3, 2023
Most of us don't know this, but the money in our bank account, pension fund and investment portfolio finances companies and entities that harm the environment. These days, the "Ofek" credit union is on its way to becoming the first entity in Israel where we can manage a bank account without our money being used for purposes that harm the environment - and so is us