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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

desertification

A rendering of what archaeologists believe the sand farm looked like during production some 1,000 years ago. (courtesy Yaakov Shmidov/Israel Antiquities Authority)
April 10, 2023, 3:01 am
Over 1,000 years ago, Caesarea’s coast was likely the birthplace of sand farming
Around 900 CE, a complicated plot-and-berm system used industrial waste to build agricultural fields on sand – launching a completely novel way of raising vegetables
By Melanie Lidman
From left: Sinai Gohar Barak, International Ecosystem Development, DeserTech, M.Toumany Diallo, Director of Mali's Great Green Wall agency, Tal Biran Ben Gal of the DeserTech Innovation Leaders Program, M. Modibo Kone, Mali's Environment and Sustainable Development Minister, Nicole Hod Stroh, Executive Director of the Merage Foundation Israel, Andrea Meza, UNCCD Deputy Executive Secretary, and Sarah Toumi of the Great Green Wall Accelerator. (Courtesy, Desertech Community)
November 12, 2022, 8:34 am
Israel’s DeserTech partners with UN to help African nations build ‘Great Green Wall’
Launching program at COP27 climate confab, DeserTech says goal is to develop technologies that can address global challenges, turn Negev into global desert tech hub
By Sue Surkes
Ashalim solar power station in the Negev desert. August 21, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 19, 2022, 6:18 pm
First map of Israeli desert tech identifies over 300 companies
Report aims to expose country’s strength and potential for tackling desert challenges worldwide
By Sue Surkes
Dr Elaine Solowey in her greenhouse at Kibbutz Ketura in southern Israel, March 21, 2021. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 12, 2021, 11:48 am
After reviving ancient dates, a Negev pioneer plants seeds against a dry future
Having germinated the world’s oldest seed and domesticated the argan oil tree, Elaine Soloway is now tinkering with how to keep a changing desert blooming
By Sue Surkes
Yosef Gotlieb
November 30, 2016, 1:45 pm
Yosef Gotlieb
Beyond the fires: Climate change
Shorter, drier winters are coming (long, intense summers too); policy-makers must wake up and prioritize accordingly
Monique Barbut
June 16, 2014, 2:18 am
Monique Barbut
A pathway through the desert to peace
As climate change degrades the land and causes wars, Israel can be a world leader in battling desertification
E. Rubrum (Photo credit: Tami Kis Papo, University of Haifa)
May 12, 2014, 6:31 pm
Dead Sea salt-loving fungus may help feed the world
An organism that thrives in a super-saline environment has properties scientists believe can be used to grow crops in brackish water
By David Shamah
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