By Maria Weldali – Aug 24,2022 AMMAN — Climate change has disparately affected Jordanian women due to their primary role as caregivers, according to experts. “Climate change increases the time and effort women put into family care work, which translates into increased gender inequality,” sociologist Hussein Khozahe, told The Jordan Times. When people talk about […]

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Aug 27,2022 A team of researchers at the Royal Scientific Society has developed a machine that can use even the most arid air as a reservoir for drinking water (Photo courtesy of RSS) AMMAN — A team of researchers at the Royal Scientific Society (RSS), Jordan’s largest research institution, has developed a machine that can […]

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Aug 29,2022 Jordan is preparing plans for Economic Modernisation Vision 2033: A roadmap for establishing a diversified, resilient economy with a 3 per cent annual increase in per capita income and one million new jobs over the next 10 years. This will require attracting investments, implementing public-private partnerships (PPPs), and directing JD41 billion for hundreds […]

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By Mohammad Ghazal – Aug 29,2022 Jordan’s stretch of coastline along the Red Sea is home to around 157 distinct types of coral in an uninterrupted stretch. Right: Scuba divers Seif Al Madanat and Beisan Al Sharif, founders of ProjectSea, pose for a photo beside a pile of trash collected from the sea (Photos courtesy […]

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By Joy Mazahreh – Aug 29,2022  Beisan Al Sharif and Seif Al Madanat, cofounders of ProjectSea, pose for photo after a clean-up campaign in Aqaba (Photo courtesy of ProjectSea Instagram page) VERMONT, US — One year ago, scuba divers Seif Al Madanat and Beisan Al Sharif had their first clean-up dive using the name ProjectSea, […]

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Hebrew University scientists suggest that climate change is causing these dryland mechanisms to increasingly affect Earth’s wetter areas. By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Published: AUGUST 16, 2022 Severe forest fires on the US West Coast, deadly rainstorms and floods, record-breaking heat spells in Europe, early snowmelts at the poles and other extreme weather have become regular – […]

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by Naharnet Newsdesk Lebanon, which is yet to reach a sea border demarcation deal with Israel, has received a Turkish proposal for investment and drilling in the southern oil and gas blocks near Israel’s border, a Lebanese official source said. “The Turkish proposal involves drilling and investment works in Block 9, which lies on the […]

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24 August 2022 Younes Ajil turns on the tap in his home but nothing comes out: dozens of villages are without running water in drought-hit Iraq, surviving on sporadic tanker-truck deliveries and salty wells. For everything from drinking to bathing and washing dishes and clothes, Ajil and his eight children wait at their home in […]

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25 August 2022 Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in western Iran over a lack of drinking water and the inability of officials to solve the problem, state media said Thursday. Iran, a largely arid country, has for years suffered chronic dry spells and heat waves that are expected to worsen with climate […]

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