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To this day there are areas where the wine vines are not irrigated, but the trend of their irrigation is expanding. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels

The thirsty fruits of the Mediterranean basin

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?
Measuring the Kinneret level. Illustration: depositphotos.com

You didn't imagine: the summer in Israel is getting longer and there are more dangerous storms in the winter

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A new study, led by Dr. Efrat Shafer from the Hebrew University and with the participation of researchers from several universities, examined the changes in the rainy season in Israel over the past 45 years. "Climate change has not passed over Israel. The findings show a trend that will put the urban infrastructure in trouble, but may also change the entire ecosystem in our region in the coming years"
In the poorest and most densely populated areas on Earth, drinking water wells, dug to avoid the need to use surface water contaminated with bacteria, are poisoned by arsenic originating from groundwater. Now these too are in danger. Illustration: pixabay.

The world is drying up

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Desert landscape in the windings of road 25 from Dimona to the Arava junction, August 12, 2012. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Desert agriculture in the world and in Israel

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Jatropha plantation in Thailand. Photo: shutterstock

"Jatropha for cooling the earth"

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The set of photographs of the city of 'Mos Aspa' on the planet Tatooine - located in the Sahara Desert in Tunisia in the days before it was covered by a sand dune. Photo: shutterstock

Tatooine on the brink of destruction - a sand dune threatens the photo set in Tunisia

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Desert landscape in the windings of road 25 from Dimona to the Arava junction, August 12, 2012. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Humanity versus desert

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A herd of cows in the dry land of Burkina Faso. From Wikipedia

Africa is being drained

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Sheep grazing in the Riverina region of Australia, during the drought of 2007. From Wikipedia

Forum - the next mega-drought / Peter H. Glick and Matthew Berger

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The map of global warming in recent decades. From Wikipedia

"The period of the last 15 years in Israel is the hottest period since 1951"

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The Sahel region on the map of Africa. From Wikipedia

A green wall south of the Sahara

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dust storm

dust

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Rain forest, from Wikipedia

Forests may contribute to climate warming

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A lament for heaven

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How can you stop dunes?

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The crescent is no longer fruitful

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Is the desert green?

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A worldwide super drought is upon us. are we ready

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Drought again, and the decision makers fall asleep again

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UNESCO is establishing a chair for the fight against desertification at the desert research institutes at Ben Gurion University

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We live in a country that is more than half desert and behave like we are sitting on the shore of a Swiss lake

Editor's note: Climate extremism is already here

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The desert threatens Israel

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The Negev Desert will spread to the north, the quality of the pastures will decrease and cattle may suffer

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Part three in the series about the south of the country: the mountains of Eilat and the conclusion of the series

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