Carbon fixation

Some plants benefit from the dust created by forest fires. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Eating dust: How do ash and dust help hummus?

Just last May, we were shocked by the forest fires that raged in the Jerusalem mountains. But alongside the extensive damage, the fires also have a positive impact on nature. New research reveals that plants have the ability to absorb ash from the air
Right: The solar field in Arava where the measurements were made. Left: Yatir Forest in the Northern Negev - the largest of KKL-Junk's planted forests. Photographs: Yonatan Muller

The solar forest

Trees or solar panels - which strategy wins in dealing with the climate crisis?
Diagram - structure of the Gulf of Eilat. Courtesy of the researchers

the good dust

Every year a dust storm occurs at the bottom of the Gulf of Eilat that may reduce global warming
underwater emanation. Photo: shutterstock

Discovery of archaea capable of producing elemental carbon

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The coral reef in Eilat. Photo: Daviddarom / Wikimedia.

The few and the fastest

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Bacteria that fix carbon dioxide from the air. Illustration: Prof. Ron Milo, Weizmann Institute

Bacteria that feed on carbon dioxide only and build the entire biomass of their bodies from carbon that comes from the air

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"Agroforestry" Photo: Jim Robinson, USDA-NRCS / National Agroforestry Center.

Forestry agriculture: a method of agriculture that combines herbaceous and woody crops

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From the right: Elad Noor, Aran Bar Eben and Dr. Ron Milo

The goal: to increase the growth rate of agricultural crops used as biofuel

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