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The fairy circles - how the plants' coping with the dryness led to this phenomenon

Ben-Gurion University
December 21, 2023
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Researchers from Ben Gurion University offer an innovative explanation for this unique behavior of the fairy circles phenomenon: a combination of phenotypic adaptation at the level of the individual plant, by deepening the roots of the plants into more moist soil layers, and of self-organization in space at the population level

"44 trillion dollars, about half of the global annual economic output is at risk because of the climate crisis"

Avi Blizovsky
December 8, 2022
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The Secretary of the UN Desert Convention, Ibrahim Theo, said these things at the international desert conference held at the Desert Research Institute in Sde Boker. Water shortage, crops will fail, plants will stop growing, migration will expand even more - and conflicts in the world will only increase."

Pisgah to stop the desert

Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
June 12, 2022
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According to the head of the climate services of the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) "even when the amounts of rain remain the same, because of the warming water evaporates and the area dries out

The thirsty fruits of the Mediterranean basin

Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
April 2, 2022

Grapes, wheat and corn: according to a new study, popular agricultural crops in the Mediterranean countries will need more irrigation in the near future - and this when the water sources in the region are only dwindling. How are Israeli farmers preparing for this? And why, despite what appears on our water bill, does water have no price?

Is the answer to understanding the climate crisis found in the depths of the Dead Sea?

Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
March 13, 2022

A group of Israeli geologists has been investigating the deep layers of the Dead Sea floor for the last decade, with the aim of revealing the climatic history of the area and producing local and global climatic forecasts. The conclusions of the studies may illuminate climate research in a new light

The worst is yet to come: expected in prolonged forms in the future

The Hebrew University
September 16, 2021

A new study based on an analysis of climatic data conducted by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Columbia University in the USA: "Global warming is expected to cause even more widespread mega-droughts and fires across America, already in the near future"

A new method The age of the sand in the world's largest deserts

The Hebrew University
July 23, 2021

In studies conducted using a new model, based on data measured in sands from the Kalahari Desert in Africa and the Simpson Desert in Australia, researchers were able to find that the ancient sands date back to the present - a few million years at least, and that the new method they created can be used for the purpose of dating ancient deserts and learning the migration patterns of sands and their creation

Israel is accelerating its contribution to the struggle in Midbor

Avi Blizovsky
June 20, 2021
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Minister Zandberg: The State of Israel has an advantage stemming from many years of experience in developing innovative solutions to deal with the challenges of living in a desert environment. The DeserTech innovation center will enable Israeli innovation to be harnessed for the benefit of all the countries of the world in their fight against the climate crisis and its consequences, and will be a meeting point for technology, research and policy.

A new method makes it possible to map desert lakes around the world from space

The Hebrew University
May 8, 2021

Prof. Moshe Armon: "The method we developed can be used to map the bottom of desert lakes around the world, and help us understand what the climate was like in those regions of the world in the past and maybe even in the future."