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Is the body attacking itself? His mouth may be too dirty

A new Canadian study reveals a significant link between air pollution and autoimmune diseases. Could it be that our immune system reacts even before us to the changing world outside?
The discussion in the Prime Minister's Office with the participation of the Energy and Environment Service, 31/8/2022. Photo: Haim Tzach/L.A.M

Israel will simplify the procedures for setting up solar power units and reduce customs duty on components

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Prime Minister Yair Lapid held a discussion regarding the preparation for climate change and crisis, and the opportunities inherent in it for the State of Israel, as well as the challenges of national security in light of the climate crisis
Illustration - Renewed Hope: Dealing with the problem of flooding in an old urban fabric, a moral paradise, within the framework of the Climate Crisis and Environment Studio _ LandBasics Local Landscapes under the guidance of: Matanya Zak, Aliza Broida, Isabella Levy. Final project in landscape architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning - Technion

The architects of change

A green city? This is not a paradox. An optimistic look at a differently designed future, through the final projects of the landscape architecture course at the Technion, which dealt with creative solutions for a more sustainable planning of the Israeli space
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How can you work in this heat?

New findings reveal that heat stress affects the bodies of those of us who work mostly outdoors, and may also impair work efficiency. In the coming years, given the climate crisis, the phenomenon is only expected to get worse. Will the heat in the future force us to work harder?
"The foreign algae have the possibility to compensate for some of the functions of the local algae: both as a habitat, and in the restoration of the loss of blue carbon." Photograph by Rilov Laboratory

Algae invades for the reef

Until now, the common perception was that invasive plants and animals threaten the ecological diversity in the place they invaded. However, a new Israeli study that examined algae that invaded the Mediterranean Sea presents a possibility that the solution to saving the ecosystem lies precisely in them
While the use of geothermal energy is associated with the danger of earthquakes - the new technology seeks to solve this troubling problem as well. Geothermal power plant, Photo by WikiImages on Pixabay

Drill for a better tomorrow

Can you imagine a day when your air conditioner will work on energy drawn from the depths of the earth? A new development by an American company may allow easier, safer, and cheaper drilling than ever before into the heart of our planet
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Only a return to the understanding that man is a part of nature will make it possible to bring about the recession of the climatic disaster

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This is not a demand to turn back the clock, progress and science have made a wonderful world possible for us, but also a world that has been stripped of wonder, therefore it is necessary to restore respect for nature

Even in Eilat Bay, corals begin to bleach and die

A new Israeli study reveals that, contrary to what was thought until now, the deep coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat are vulnerable to the phenomenon of coral bleaching, which endangers many reefs around the world
Aphids on bread wheat / Photo: Professor Vared Tzin.

The researcher from Sde Boker continues in the footsteps of Aharon Aharonson

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Professor Vared Tzin from Ben-Gurion University's desert research institutes isolated the genes that help wheat defend itself against pests. The discovery has enormous significance for wheat crops in the world
Greenhouse gas emissions. Image: depositphotos.com

Porous crystals for trapping greenhouse gases contain fluorine

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Gases containing fluorine - including those known as per- or polyfluorinated hydrocarbons [PFCs], have been found to have multiple effects on global warming. Researchers have recently succeeded in developing innovative crystalline materials capable of selectively adsorbing the molecules of fluorine-containing materials. The researchers hope that these porous crystals can be useful for binding and recovering such gases
"The bottom line of the research, which was clear to us from day one, is that the turbines do not serve the locals." Photo: Dr. Nurit Shamshoni-Yepa

It is not enough to make a spirit

A wind turbine farm established in an arid area in Kenya could have been a success story, promoting the local residents, who are disconnected from the electricity grid. However, the electricity was channeled to the big cities - skipping over the local residents. The story of a new Israeli study that reminds us that even when doing something good, you have to do it right
Pictures from the coral reef in the Gulf of Eilat. Photo: Dror Tsurel Ministry of Environmental Protection

The collapse of the coral reef in Eilat worsened because of the storm in 2020; Extinction of marine species and increase in sea temperature

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Alarming findings regarding the future of the Gulf of Eilat: the coral reef in the Gulf of Eilat is having difficulty recovering from the damage of the 2020 winter storm, which hit the bay and caused the coral colonies in the reef to break and be covered with sand; continued decrease in the percentage of coral cover; Gulf water temperature continues to rise; The Minister of Environmental Protection: "The question marks regarding the future of the Gulf of Eilat require us to take zero risks"
The refineries and the polluting combination, in a photo from the University of Haifa, July 2022. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Decades late, a study proves a link between exposure to pollution in Haifa and an increase of up to 16% in the incidence of cancer compared to the national average

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A new study supported and funded by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and carried out by researchers from the Hebrew University, Hadassah, the Technion, the Medical Corps and the National Center for Disease Control of the Ministry of Health, provides evidence that environmental exposure to industrial air pollution in the Haifa Bay at a young age is associated with cancer incidence between 1967 and 2012.
Air pollution 1987. Published in Kalvo newspaper, June 19, 1987

1987 - The Ministry of Health confirms to Avi Blizovsky that there is an excess of lung cancer cases in Haifa, but the source was not investigated

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A study was published today that unequivocally states that environmental exposure to industrial air pollution in the Haifa Bay at a young age is associated with cancer incidence between the years 1967 and 2012. It is interesting why this research was not done for decades, even though the figure was known, among other things thanks to the exposures of the writer of these lines
An asteroid hitting the Earth, the most famous illustration of catastrophe, but the real catastrophe comes from human hands. Image: depositphotos.com

How will humans survive an apocalypse? A new study on the consequences of the corona virus has an answer

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One of the ideas for saving humanity in the event of a deadly epidemic or other major global disaster is to create a safe haven where some people can survive
Dr. Jane Goodall, UN peace ambassador and environmental activist who is best known for her groundbreaking work with chimpanzees in the 60s in a lecture before the Israeli Ecology Society. Screenshot

talk around

Legendary explorer Jane Goodall, NASA's Chief Scientist Dr. Katherine Calvin, academics, government, civil society, students and the curious: all met at the 50th Annual Science and Environment Conference. "Only when the intelligent mind and the human heart work in harmony can we fully realize our human potential," Goodall said.
climate shelter. Courtesy of Barcelona City Council

A refuge from the climate

In light of the continuing rise in temperatures in Europe, "climate shelters" have been set up throughout the city of Barcelona, ​​where residents can find refuge from the increasingly hot summer. Should Israel also prepare for the establishment of such shelters?
Ecological crossing over highway 70, near the Ein Tut interchange. Recommended solution, but expensive. Photo: Marev Zaks

Let live cross

More than two thousand animals are run over per year - and these are only the reported accidents, the real number is much higher. A new study examined how the characteristics of the road affect the trampling of animals, and what can be done to reduce the number of tramplings
Drone photo of the drying Dead Sea. Image: depositphotos.com

The government approved the establishment of a national climate calculation center

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The center led by the meteorological service will make it possible to predict in detail the effect of global warming on our region
An oil pipeline stands on stilts because it cannot be driven into the frozen ground in Alaska. Image: depositphotos.com

Climate scientists are investigating the acceleration of methane greenhouse gas emissions in the Arctic

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A comprehensive study examines the methane gas, one of the main greenhouse gases, under the frozen ground in Alaska. A collaboration of environmental and climate change scientists from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the University of Fairbanks in Alaska have produced a database that will make it possible to improve assessments in the Arctic regions
Sea turtles in the Nahal Alexander reserve. Image: depositphotos.com

Caution: Israeli nature is in danger of extinction

The main factors and processes that affect the state of nature in Israel, as a result of human activity, were published
A nuclear war. Image: depositphotos.com

The Drake formula (calculating the probability of discovering intelligent aliens): the missing parameter and the fate of humanity

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The Drake formula was an attempt to calculate the probability of intelligent life on other planets. But human history shows that the formula was probably too optimistic, and that there is something missing in the calculation. This missing parameter could be critical to understanding the development of intelligent life in the galaxy, and more importantly: the development of humanity, and its chances of survival
Light pollution in Israel as seen from space. Image: depositphotos.com

The rate of land and sea warming in Israel is faster than the world average - from the State of Nature 2022 report trends and threats

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The State of Nature Report 2022, Volume Trends and Threats, presents a snapshot of key factors and processes that affect the state of nature in Israel as a result of human activity. The Fabric is the national program for assessing the state of nature of the Steinhardt Museum of Nature, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, KKL-Junk. and RTG
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a very common bacterium in Israel and the world, found in soil, water, plants and rarely even in human health. Photo: Nathan Reading, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Bacteria, congregate!

New Israeli research reveals that, contrary to what was thought until now, bacteria are able to congregate around a predator, cooperate - and kill it with joint forces. This is how dramas unfold under the lens of the microscope
A "digital twin" of the Earth. Unistar of Nvidia. PR photo

Nvidia will speed up the analysis of UN satellite images 7 times to prevent natural disasters from becoming humanitarian disasters

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The UN Satellite Center will use Nvidia's accelerated computing technologies that will improve the ability to analyze satellite images and allow better prediction of events such as floods, inundations and fires. The ability to analyze such events in near real time will enable a rapid response to communities on the ground, building resilience against climate events and developing a long-term sustainable policy
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