When Yosef Abramowitz made Aliyah, he chose to settle in the middle of Arava desert valley, where he would take advantage of the scorching sun to build solar fields; now, Abramowitz is bringing that technology to rural areas of developing countries Keren Natanzon Weits | Published: 05.20.22 August 24, 2006, as the sun settles in […]

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Tareq Abu Hamad is the first Jerusalem Palestinian to reach a senior position in an Israeli government ministry. Now, as director of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, he describes what it’s like to function as a Palestinian within the Israeli system, and the effort to promote renewable energy infrastructures in Gaza Nir Hasson May. […]

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Ecologically disastrous conditions in the Gulf are the latest sign of the dangers that climate change and other related factors pose to the Middle East. By Giorgio Cafiero Published On 2 Jun 20222 In recent weeks, many in the Gulf have been looking up to an apocalyptic orange sky with a flurry of sand and dust […]

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In the long run, a Middle East alliance for water sustainability can have a positive impact on saving the Dead Sea, which is lacking regional cooperation.  By NOAM BEDEIN Published: MAY 7, 2022 Recently I returned from an eco-water exploration journey of the second Arab state in the Middle East that recently signed normalization agreements […]

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Naharnet Newsdesk Salah Chelab crushed a husk of wheat plucked from his sprawling farmland south of Baghdad and inspected its seeds in the palm of one hand. They were several grams lighter than he hoped. “It’s because of the water shortages,” he said, the farm machine roaring behind him, cutting and gathering his year’s wheat […]

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2/6/2022 The chief executive of Qatar Airways has defended a plan to operate more than 160 extra flights to shuttle spectators from the region to Doha and back each day, for what has been advertised as the first “carbon neutral” FIFA World Cup. Qatar Airways announced on Thursday it had partnered with regional carriers to […]

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Mazin B. Qumsiyeh and Mohammed A. Abusarhan chapter 1. Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainability in Asia Öztürk, M., Altay, V., Efe, R. (eds) . Springer, Cham. 2021. Abstract The rich biodiversity of Palestine is due to geographic and geologic factors and is directly related to why it formed the Western part of the Fertile Crescent where […]

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The Red Sea resort city’s coral reefs are among the world’s northernmost, and they are notable for their resilience to climatic change Zafrir Rinat May. 25, 2022 https://trinitymedia.ai/player/trinity-player.php?pageURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fisrael-news%2F2022-05-25%2Fty-article%2F.premium%2Fplans-for-lighting-along-eilat-beaches-endanger-coral-reefs%2F00000180-fa3c-dda4-adf0-ff3c13880000&subscriber=1&isDarkMode=0&unitId=2900001646&userId=f82d3c22-2fee-4317-a49c-b114e95f1dbc&isLegacyBrowser=false&version=20220603_fdcbb9c1071ccee7ba3a4973a5fd61ec59db4f5a&useCFCDN=0&themeId=190 Two hundred fifty scientists have warned the city of Eilat that the lighting on a new boardwalk that is being installed in the Red Sea resort town […]

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In addition, water is being pumped from the sea to Dead Sea Works factories’ artificial evaporation ponds. So little water enters the salt lake in the north and lots of water exits in the south.  By NIBEDITA SEN MAY 15, 2022 The Dead Sea sinkhole situation is worsening, according to a marine scientist, who is […]

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An Israeli study for the Ministry of Environmental Quality shows that heat waves disproportionally kill elderly, women and socioeconomically disadvantaged. By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: MAY 31, 2022 A sizzling heat wave not only makes you stay indoors, press your air conditioner’s remote control, pour a cold drink and apply antiperspirant, it can actually kill you, […]

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