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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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks against the US-led international nuclear deal with Iran in 2015 before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 3, 2015. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
May 24, 2024, 3:19 pm
Daily Briefing May 24: Day 231 – Netanyahu to ‘soon’ address Congress. What’s his goal?
Political reporter Tal Schneider on why the PM’s upcoming DC visit is not headline news in Israel. Environment reporter Sue Surkes on ripple effects of sea urchin research
By ToI Staff
Planting tree saplings at Aman, a rehabilitation center for women experiencing mental crises following sexual violenceת December 2020. (Courtesy, Venatata)
December 22, 2022, 1:54 am
Non-profit aims to bind society to natural world by planting 100,000 city trees
‘Venatata,’ currently running Tu B’Shvat campaign, has marshaled 15,000 volunteers, created gardens in 70 institutions for people with special needs
By Sue Surkes
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, David Ainsworth (C-L), China's Ecology and Environment Minister Huang Runqiu (C-R), Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity Elizabeth Maruma Mrema (2nd R) and Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (R), during a plenary meeting during the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, December 19, 2022. (Lars Hagberg/ AFP)
December 19, 2022, 10:23 pm
Countries reach major deal to safeguard nature at UN summit in Montreal
Envoys at COP15 Biodiversity Conference commit to protect 30% of environment vital for biodiversity by 2030, boost support for poorer countries by tens of millions of dollars
By Michael Casey
From left to right: Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema; Chinese Ecology and Environment Minister, Huang Runqiu; and Canadian Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, hold a joint press confrence at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on December 17, 2022. (ANDREJ IVANOV/AFP)
December 18, 2022, 12:31 am
At UN summit in Montreal, envoys hopeful major deal to save nature is within reach
Chinese chair of conference ‘confident’ global pact to protect biodiversity will be inked; Canadian envoy surprised over steps toward agreement
By Issam Ahmed and Roland Lloyd Parry
Youth swimming in a quiet part of the Sa'ar river, Golan Heights, April 14, 2019. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
November 22, 2022, 12:14 pm
Sections of 22 streams to undergo eco-restoration alongside flood prevention
NIS 43 million joint Environmental Protection and Agriculture Ministry deal will fund trash removal, creation of trails and recreational facilities, community involvement
By Sue Surkes
Tulips bloom in the mountains of the Negev desert after four days of rain (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
December 13, 2021, 12:33 pm
Israel’s Negev Desert chosen to feature in first global fungi map
Society for the Protection of Underground Networks will collect thousands of samples from 10 environments in search of carbon-storing hotspots to protect
By Sue Surkes
In this April 25, 2020 photo, wildflowers bloom at an empty national park overlooking the Sea of Galilee, locally known as Lake Kinneret (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
October 25, 2021, 2:24 pm
Study finds nature contributes billions to Israel’s economy
First research of its kind says ecosystem services ranging from food, water and pollination to carbon absorption could be worth 8% of GDP, says pricing would help preservation
By Sue Surkes
Crude oil fanned out into the streambeds at the Evrona Nature Reserve following a leak from a pipe on December 3, 2014. (Environmental Protection Ministry spokesperson/Roi Talbi)
September 10, 2021, 1:54 am
Study: Ecosystem could collapse at nature reserve hit by oil spill 7 years ago
Wildlife, as well as seedlings of acacia trees, essential to ecosystem, not recovering, 5-year monitoring program in Evrona Nature Reserve concludes
By Sue Surkes
Smoke and red fire retardant sprayed by Israeli firefighting aircraft mingles on a hillside on the third day of wildfires in the Jerusalem mountains, August 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 18, 2021, 2:13 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 18 – Ecosystems after the fire: Israel’s hands-off approach
Environmental reporter Sue Surkes talks about how philanthropy can drive climate change tech; Arab affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman updates us about ongoing talks with Gaza
By ToI Staff
The subterranean lake in the Ayalon Cave near Ramle, in central Israel. (Israel Ne'eman)
June 14, 2021, 9:18 pm
Scientists warn that flooding cave will ruin unique 5-million-year-old ecosystem
Blind, colorless arthropods make their home in Ayalon Cave in central Israel, thriving in dark, oxygen-free environment, fed by sulfurous water rising from deep in the earth
By Sue Surkes
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