Climate change

We have no alternative to Earth. Denial of the climate crisis is rising with the help of selfish politics. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Climate crisis denial: how long will we bury our heads in the sand?

From the Baku climate conference to the election of Donald Trump: on what perceptual factors do climate deniers rely, and how do they affect the world?
This is how the bloom collapses: four giant hexagon-shaped viruses that have replicated in a unicellular alga (the rough texture on the right) are on their way out to infect more algae. Three of the viruses are normal and ready for action - and one is white and empty of DNA. Photo: Dr. Daniela Shatz

The hunt for giant viruses in the ocean

Sophisticated climate change models predict that the areas of storms and rain will be shifted towards the poles due to global warming. Source: NASA.

A weak world order

How human activity weakens the natural "ventilation systems" of the earth
Internal structure of a frozen chloroplast. The image provides a glimpse of the organelle membranes and the arrangement of the photosynthetic proteins on their surface. Photographed with a cryogenic scanning electron microscope

from darkness to light

Will a better understanding of the process of photosynthesis help to grow plants under artificial lighting?
A meteor breaks up in the atmosphere. Such a phenomenon caused global cooling and the extinction of large animals 12,800 years ago. The image was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image

Surprising discovery: a cosmic explosion in the atmosphere may have caused global cooling 12,800 years ago

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The displaced people of the north. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil Stock

Neither in the city nor in the forest: on the meaning of the fires in the urban areas of the north

The effects of fires in the middle regions of Israel: threats to biological diversity and dangers to humans
It's hotter in the summer. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Rain at the time

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Recent research has shown that in the future there will be fewer rainy days in our region due to the climate crisis, but there will be more strong rain events. How can this be explained using simple scientific principles?
Artist's rendering of a group of G. blacki within a forest in southern China. Credit: Garcia/Juan-Boyo (Southern Cross University)

3 meter tall apes in East Asia became extinct because they were overspecialized

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In the spectacular karst landscapes of southern China, giant apes, known as Gigantopithecus blacki, once roamed. They were three meters tall and weighed about 250 kilograms. They became extinct about 300 thousand years ago. The reasons for the extinction of
An apocalyptic image of a sinking New York. The image was prepared using artificial intelligence and is not a scientific image

A new study reveals: large cities along the Atlantic coast of the United States are sinking at a rapid rate

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A new study reveals: large cities along the Atlantic coast of the United States are sinking at a rapid rate"
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?
From the right: Dr. Yara Oppenheimer-Shanan and Dr. Tamir Klein. The race to the top

The bacteria that climbed a tall tree

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, March 13, 2017. Source: The White House and Trump's Twitter account.

Trump's budget proposal: "Funding for climate change research is a waste of money"

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The drilling rig from which the core was mined. Source: Prof. Motti Stein - The Hebrew University.

The Dead Sea records global climate changes in the last 200 thousand years 

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Natural gas drilling rig. Natural gas consists of 90 percent methane, which is released in very large quantities during the production and treatment of natural gas, accumulates in the atmosphere and increases the greenhouse effect and climate change. Photo: aherrero

The vicious cycle of methane

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NASA forecast for regional temperatures around the globe in 2100. Source: NASA.

Questions for the future of humanity: How will climate change change us?

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Tambora volcano on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia. Photo: Jialiang Gao / Wikimedia.

Frankenstein, volcanoes and climate engineering

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The average global warming of 2012 - 2016. Source: NASA.

NASA: 2016 was the hottest year since measurements began

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Close to half of the examined islands are defined as suffering from a water shortage. Photo: Sergio Jara, Unsplash

lost islands?

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Protest against the use of fossil fuels in the Philippines, 2016. Source: AC Dimatatac / Break Free Batangas

Climate change is coming to court

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global warming. Illustration: shutterstock

Cook on low heat

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The Norwegian government is mobilizing to reduce air pollution: in 2019, downtown Oslo will be closed to cars. Photography: Jeffrey Zeldman

Cars? Not with us

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Heads of state at the climate conference in Paris. Photo: Drop of Light / Shutterstock.com

"All the warning lights are already flashing - now we just need someone to start taking them seriously"

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Preparations for the opening of the Paris Conference. Photo: Ministerio del Ambiente, Flickr

Will the news come from Paris?

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Penguin couples in Antarctica. Photo: Tak, Flickr

Search Antarctica

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An illustration of the amount of carbon dioxide that man emitted into the atmosphere in 2012, next to the Statue of Liberty. Image: Carbon Visuals, flickr

Add green to the dollar

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Sinkhole in the Dead Sea. Photographed by Eliezer Schwartz, Jerusalem. From: Wikipedia

Comprehensive scientific drilling in the Dead Sea

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20 Future NASA Missions

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Camels near a waterhole in the Sahel desert

Cyclical climate changes in the Atlantic Ocean can affect droughts in regions far away from it

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

How will global warming cause the world to freeze?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Al Gore: Renewable energy is good for the Jews

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Al Gore and the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) won the Nobel Peace Prize

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair: Urgent action is needed to curb global warming

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Earth as a snowball

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Australia is recording the hottest year ever recorded on the continent

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