climate

A look at the jellyfish that swarm the coasts of Israel

Sea bathers have already reported encounters with various types of jellyfish. 

By ZIV REINSTEIN
21/06/2024

Fossil fuel use, emissions hit records in 2023, report says

Growing demand for fossil fuel despite the scaling up of renewables could be a sticking point for the transition to lower carbon energy as global temperature increases reach 1.5C.

By REUTERS
20/06/2024

Ozone has a key role in influencing the climate of habitable exoplanets

The findings of a team led by Hebrew University researchers reveal a relationship between ozone levels and atmospheric stability.

Israel's climate tech: Visionary or hollow?

Inside Israeli Innovation with Maayan Hoffman: Season 2, Episode 12

Historic rainstorm wreaks havoc in UAE, disrupts flights, floods major roads

In Dubai, major thoroughfares were reduced to a crawl, with some vehicles, including buses, nearly submerged underwater. Social media footage displayed dramatic scenes of malls and homes flooded.

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
18/04/2024
Israel from space 1

Israeli researchers want to build a space parasol to cool Earth, mitigate global warming

Rozen and his team say scientists already have "all the pieces needed" to return to pre-Industrial Revolution temperatures.

How a Trump win could cost the world $900 billion

This surge in emissions would effectively cancel out the environmental benefits gained from implementing wind, solar, and other clean energy technologies worldwide over the past five years, twice.

 Palestinians burn tires during a protest against Hamas in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip

War to warming: Israel’s climate envoy says time to re-engage with crisis

"The climate crisis did not disappear," Gideon Behar told The Jerusalem Post. "The world needs Israel: Israeli innovation, solutions, ideas, vision, and strategies."

Combating climate change and protecting ecology in Israel

Currently set targets are too low, and the watered-down Climate Change Bill of 2023 is a step in the right direction, but there is much more left to do.

By ANTHONY PAMM
09/03/2024
Iraqi rescuers search for survivors over the site where an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river

Rains bring relief to drought-stricken Iraq, experts urge action to prevent more desertification

Although the Tigris and Euphrates rivers have swelled in recent heavy rains, a dry climate is the norm in Iraq, and with Turkish and Iranian dams cutting off water flow.

By HUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE
02/03/2024
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