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A Red Sea Picasso triggerfish approaches the live camera placed on a reef by Prof Maoz Fine. (Screen capture)
April 19, 2026, 2:57 pm
New site offers travel by armchair to Eilat’s magnificent coral reefs
Website aimed at raising awareness about Gulf of Eilat’s marine wonders; includes virtual safaris through different underwater habitats, a reef live cam, scientific research
By Sue Surkes
Dr. Herdís G. R. Steinsdóttir, a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr. Miguel J. Frada from the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, deploys an instrument near the reef in Eilat to record water currents, allowing her to keep track of the direction of sea currents. (Courtesy/Jake Stout)
January 1, 2026, 9:26 pm
New Israeli research shows coral reefs shape the ebb and flow of local microbial life
Like in humans, microbe levels can indicate health of ecosystem, say scientists from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Haifa University, and Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat
By Diana Bletter
Corals in the Gulf of Aqaba off the shores of Eilat in southern Israel. (Prof. Maoz Fine)
September 18, 2025, 11:07 am
New research confirms Eilat corals’ remarkable resilience to rising temperatures
But experts warn they may be reaching their limits, call for regional conservation policies
By Sue Surkes
Healthy coral reefs off the coast of Eilat in southern Israel. (Meron Segev)
November 26, 2024, 3:19 pm
Red Sea coral study points to rich microbial life as key to healthy reefs
In discovery that could help rehabilitate damaged ecosystems, Israeli-Australian team using faux reefs finds rich communities of bacteria and invertebrates help corals thrive
By Sue Surkes
An undated picture showing a coral that underwent bleaching in the Gulf of Eilat earlier this year. (Omri Omessi/ Assaf Zvuloni, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
November 18, 2024, 8:36 pm
First cases of coral bleaching reported in Gulf of Eilat
Worrying finding appears to upend long-held assumption that corals in the area are unusually resistant to rising seawater temperatures
By Sue Surkes
Species of Acropora corals sampled in the Gulf of Eilat, southern Israel, for the pharmaceutical research. (Noa Shenkar)
September 24, 2024, 9:34 pm
Researchers raise concerns as medical compounds found in Eilat coral samples
Tel Aviv University team says trace pharmaceuticals in corals are compounding threats to marine ecosystems from climate change, pollution, overfishing
By Sue Surkes
Swaths of sea urchin skeletons washed up on the shore. (Jean-Pascal Quod)
May 23, 2024, 8:15 pm
Deadly pathogen that wiped out Eilat’s sea urchins reaches Indian Ocean
Facing fears of global epidemic, Tel Aviv University scientists, who first identified local die-off and specific pathogen, are working with regional partners to understand more
By Sue Surkes
An anemone at the underwater observatory marine park, Coral Beach, Eilat, May 29, 2009. (Anna Kaplan/ Flash90)
May 16, 2024, 3:02 pm
Environment ministry rejects bid by PM’s office to increase oil activity in Eilat
Ministry rebuffs request to dump policy aimed at protecting Red Sea corals, marine ecosystems, a move that could earn state company an annual $50 million more
By Sue Surkes
This aerial photograph, taken on February 10, 2021, shows the oil storage containers of the Eilat Ashkelon Pipeline Company (EAPC) in the mountains near Israel's Red Sea port city of Eilat. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP)
April 4, 2024, 8:44 am
Knesset committee peels away secrecy rules governing state oil company
Committee head says changes strike ‘correct balance’ between state security and public’s right to know; green groups welcome reform, vow to continue fighting for total transparency
By Sue Surkes
Dozens of Orthodox Jews hold signs during a protest outside a Christian Embassy Feast of Tabernacles eventa t the Pais Arena stadium in Jerusalem on October 3, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 5, 2023, 12:40 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 5: Why Orthodox radicals are spitting at the hand that feeds them
Diplomatic reporter Tal Schneider on coalition’s response to latest harassment of Christians in Jerusalem; environment reporter Sue Surkes discusses worrying soft coral discovery
By ToI Staff
Corals from the Dendronephthya genus found off the coast of Kibbutz Sdot Yam, south of Haifa, in northern Israel. (Hagai Nativ/Morris Kahn Center for Marine Research, Haifa University)
October 4, 2023, 4:11 pm
Discovery of soft coral species offers new evidence Mediterranean turning tropical
Due to global warming, coral species common in Red Sea are finding sufficiently warm waters in which to survive off Israel’s northern Mediterranean coast
By Sue Surkes
A young fragment of coral harvested from a nursery is shown off the coast of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili).
June 10, 2023, 10:40 am
UAE uses coral nurseries to help restore reefs dying in warming seas
Marine project rehabilitates corals bleached by rising sea temperatures and sun glare
By Malak Harb
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Environment Protection Minister Idit Silman, left, dives at the coral reefs in Eilat, February 6, 2023. (Omri Omsi/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
February 7, 2023, 10:09 am
Environment minister goes diving to save coral
Idit Silman dons scuba gear with parks authority officials to help relocate coral that has grown on submerged garbage, as part of project to protect Eilat’s reefs
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: Bleached coral in Guam in 2017. A study released in 2018 found that severe bleaching outbreaks are hitting coral reefs four times more often they used to a few decades earlier. (David Burdick/NOAA via AP)
September 28, 2022, 4:44 am
Underwater heat ‘inferno’ ravages Mediterranean corals, turning them to skeletons
Vibrant marine forests scorched to death in just months during heatwave, stripping sea of a crucial haven for biodiversity
By Julie PACOREL and Gaspard FLAMAND
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