Environment

Massive destruction in the first 100 days of the second Trump administration. Image prepared using ideogram.ai

Trump's first 100 days of total environmental destruction and damage to generations

From announcements of green technologies to the repeal of regulations and the firing of scientists – moves that undermine the foundations of environmental and public health protection. Inside Climate News investigation
A destroyed house in the Gaza Envelope. Photo: Shetil Stock

Strengthen the economy and protect the environment: the economic model that will enable sustainable development

The adoption of the financial model that was used during the establishment of the state can help finance the sustainable development of the surrounding area and the north and the rehabilitation of Israel's economy. opinion
Planting trees: forests absorb carbon, stabilize climate and prevent soil erosion. Source: Chris Poulin/USFWS.

The things everyone can do to save the environment

Air pollution in Beijing. Photo: 大杨.

New window screens will filter air pollutants

British forest. Will the afforestation trend help curb climate change? Photo: Trần Anh Tuấn, Unsplash

The British plan to plant 50 million trees and create a huge forest in the north of England

Photo: Gary Chan.

Take a million euros to take down the garbage

Illustration: Marco Verch.

Tourism - offensive and destructive 

Dong caterpillars, like the one in the picture, are able to gnaw and break down plastic. Image: Federica Bertocchini, Paolo Bombelli, and Chris Howe.

Can caterpillars that eat plastic save the world?

Illustration: Tulane Public Relations, Wikimedia Commons.

Civil service diploma

Hurricane Harvey. Photo: NASA.

Drought, hurricanes and Trump: 2017 summary in the environment

Kinneret. Photo: Daniel Weber.

drying out?

solar panels. Photo: pixabay.

The dirty side of clean energy

Illustration: pixabay.

engine of growth and pollution

One waste, two rules: bottles in deposit and packaging. Source: pixabay.

The end of the glass recycling industry in Israel?

Nahal Kishon. Photo: Hanay, Wikimedia.

Has 78 years of pollution come to an end?

The Dead Sea in satellite photography. Source: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and US/Japan ASTER Science Team.

The pollution in the Dead Sea can be seen from space

Illustration. The relative amount of bags on the beaches dropped to 12 percent. Source: pixabay.

Beach of the bags

The artificial coral reef "Tamar". Photo: Keren Levy. Courtesy of Ben Gurion University spokespersons.

Artificial reefs reduce diver damage from natural coral reefs

The desalination plant in Hadera. Despite the desalination, and perhaps because of it, the state of natural water in Israel is not alarming. Photo: IDE Technologies / Wikimedia.

Troubles of worshipers

4 billion disposable coffee cups find their way into the trash every year. Source: pixabay.

The real price of a cup of coffee

A world without meat

Over the past few decades, scientists have learned to understand the inherent potential of using spider webs for the benefit of humanity, taking advantage of their extraordinary mechanical properties. Source: pixabay.

Biomimetics - breakthrough environmental technologies

Drying tobacco plants. Photography: Shinya Suzuki.

The harms of tobacco

wax worm. Source: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab.

Will the wax worms lead to an ecological solution that the world is waiting for?

Following the implementation of recommendations by the Technion experts, there has been a dramatic reduction in the total volume of fuel leaks in Israel in the last 16 years, mainly in leaks from gas stations. Photo: Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas.

The fuel guard

Tamiron in the winter pool in Rehovot, 2010. Photo: Gidozz, Wikimedia.

Nature's public pool

Source: pixabay.

long term vegetables

diamond. Unfortunately, the new battery won't be as pretty. Cory Schmitz

Diamonds from nuclear waste are forever

Source: pixabay.com.

Fuel tank filled with plastic

Photo: orientalizing, Flickr

So what did we have this year?

Defective male hormonal communication during the development of the reproductive system in the fetus prevents a normal transformation of the fetus from a female configuration to a male configuration. Illustration photo: Tyler Mullins.

Environmental feminization

The biomass of plants can be converted into clean fuel, but this conversion is not yet carried out on a large scale, partly because of its high cost. Illustration: shutterstock

green fuel

A request for a fair distribution of the gas from a campaign of social organizations and environmental organizations

2013 elections: the parties present an upgraded environmental platform

Dr. Mordechai Stein from the Earth Research Institute at the Hebrew University while drilling in the Dead Sea

The Dead Sea: A Warning from the Past

Dr. Erica Bruce. Photo: Baylor University

A common flame retardant is harmful to marine life

From left: Professor Qilin Li, student Michael Liga, graduate Huma Jafry and Professor Andrew Barron

A new and simple method for exterminating viruses

The science system was able to predict that in the future we will be able to predict the future

Futurism - what's next?

The perfect nanometer cubes through an electron microscope. Courtesy of NIST

A perfect nanocube

Rain forests in Tana - Ecuador

Environmental updates

The tiger mosquito = Asian tiger = Aedes albopictus

Mosquitoes and birds versus sprays

wrecked ship

toxic cargoes

A Boeing 737-700 that illustrates the Boeing Company's commitment to improving the quality of the environment

Boeing will promote the development of biofuel in China

You can keep the trees and still see the forest

How do you protect nature and the safety of women in eastern Congo?