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The "ZIM" company announced that due to the threats of the Houthis, it will route at least part of its cargo ships that arrive from the Eastern countries through a longer route around Africa. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Thus, the Houthi threat may increase the pollution of cargo ships

Beyond the security and economic implications, the Houthi threat to the Red Sea may also have significant environmental consequences, which will further increase the polluting footprint of the maritime transport industry
Soft corals of the Dendronaphtia species, which are common in the Eilat and Red Sea region, were found at a depth of 42 meters in the Mediterranean Sea. Photo: Hagai Nativ, Morris Kahn Sea Research Station

Corals from the Red Sea have invaded Israel's Mediterranean coast

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Until now, the low temperatures of the Mediterranean water in winter have been a barrier to the arrival of tropical corals. The establishment of the Dendronaphtia we found indicates that at least last winter, the waters of the Mediterranean Sea were warmer than before
The Black Sea urchin is one of the most common of the Red Sea urchins, and there we all already know to beware of it. Photo: Quartl, Wikimedia.

Sea urchins from Eilat invade the Mediterranean Sea

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Minister Gilad Erdan at the Pratt Awards ceremony for 2012. Pratt Award winners for 2012. Photos courtesy of Yoav Itiel, Moshevat magazine.

Ministry of Environmental Protection: The World Bank Sea Canal will not restore the Dead Sea, but may even endanger it

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The planned route of the bridge from Sinai to Saudi Arabia. Photo: Green Prophet website

Egyptian environmental activists are fighting a plan to build a bridge from Sinai to Saudi Arabia

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Prof. Zvi Ben Avraham (right) and Tal Hartman

A comprehensive survey to locate unknown fragments on the bottom of the Red Sea in Eilat and Aqaba

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barbecue. From Wikimedia, photo: Elena Chochkova under CC license

on "topical" issues

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A coral eats a jellyfish in the coral reserve in Eilat. Photo: Omri Bernstein, Tel Aviv University

Corals eat jellyfish

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The coral planters from Ben Gurion University make the marine wilderness bloom

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the same sea

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The Helsepian Immigration Office

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An optimistic book about the coral reef in Eilat

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Is the canal a blessing or a cry for generations?

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The Sea Canal benefit or harm?

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