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A slice of pizza. Beta-casein, successfully engineered into a plant at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, is one of the milk proteins responsible for making cheese melts. (Proformabooks, iStock by Getty Images)
August 16, 2026, 2:56 am
Milk from seeds: Israeli scientists produce key dairy protein from safflower plant
Hebrew University researchers say beta-casein, which helps cheese melt, can be found in ‘cream’ pressed from seeds, eradicating need for cows, and slashing costs and livestock emissions
By Sue Surkes
Dr. Bjorn Lomborg joins host Lazar Berman for this week's Lazar Focus. (R Mathiasson)
August 14, 2026, 12:08 pm
Bjorn Lomborg: Energy, climate, and the fight for a better world
The Iran war emphasized how reliant we are on fossil fuels; a leading Danish thinker explains how we should think about energy needs, global warming, and the welfare of mankind
By Lazar Berman
People cool off in a fountain at the Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels, June 25, 2026. (AP/Omar Havana)
June 25, 2026, 8:40 pm
Europe continues to bake under heat wave that has killed dozens, disrupted power
Britain and Switzerland hit record temperatures, with at least 48 dead in France, 20 in Germany in drowning incidents, as schools are shuttered and nuclear plants taken offline
By Agencies
A man sleeps in the doorway of his house as stray dogs sprawl in the shade on the street on a hot afternoon in Lucknow, India, Wednesday, May 20, 2026. (AP/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
May 28, 2026, 1:29 pm
Uncool: Sweltering globe will smash heat records over next 5 years, UN forecasts
Projections show high chances for mercury to surge past warming limit threshold at least once by 2030, as spiking temperatures bring deadly extreme weather from droughts to floods
By Seth Borenstein
A sun halo appears in the sky over northern Israel, May 2, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
May 14, 2026, 9:35 pm
Israeli tech company aiming to cool the Earth with masses of tiny particles
Stardust Solutions wants to combat global warming by releasing millions of tons of particles to reflect small amounts of sunlight, NYT reports, but critics warn of dangers in playing with weather
By ToI Staff
Hazy weather over Tel Aviv amid high levels of air pollution, April 18, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
August 28, 2025, 7:41 am
Israel’s greenhouse gas emissions have barely shifted since 2015 — report
Environment Ministry’s annual pollution index shows that share of fossil fuels in electricity generation highest among OECD countries in 2023. Pollution cost state NIS 37 billion
By Sue Surkes
An aerial view of Pacific Ocean waves breaking near Morro Rock (TOP) in a marine area which is currently recommended for exclusion from the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary along California's Central Coast on September 20, 2023. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images via AFP)
July 3, 2025, 12:06 pm
Israeli startup’s unproven marine tech raises doubts about carbon capture claims
Scientists skeptical of Israeli firm Gigablue’s opaque scheme to sink thousands of tons of carbon-trapping particles in the Pacific, say it stands to alter marine ecosystem
By Helen Wieffering
A firefighter tries to control the fire burning down a house as the Mountain Fire scorches acres, the wildfire fueled by strong Santa Ana winds, in Camarillo, California, on November 6, 2024. (ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP)
November 7, 2024, 5:56 pm
EU says this year ‘virtually certain’ to overtake 2023 as hottest on record
European climate agency says ‘warming in all continents, in all ocean basins’ means more records will be broken
By Kate Abnett and Alison Withers
Lions receive frozen meat popsicles to cool down, during a hot summer day, at the Ramat Gan Safari, July 2, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 8, 2024, 5:22 pm
July ends 13-month global heat record streak, but experts warn climate still warming
Slight easing of temperatures relative to a year ago comes as result of natural El Nino climate pattern ebbing; climate agency says July 22, 23 were hottest days ever recorded
By Agencies
Illustration of the sunshade being developed by Cool Earth at the Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology, in northern Israel. (Youtube screenshot)
July 31, 2024, 9:57 pm
Israeli scientist proposes massive space sunshade to cut global temperatures by 1.5ºC
Yoram Rozen, head of Technion’s Space Research Institute, seeks $15 million to launch prototype; ‘If we can’t show that it can work technologically, then nobody else will do it”
By Sue Surkes
View of the Orot Rabin power plant at Sdot Yam beach, central Israel, April 11, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 21, 2024, 7:20 pm
Just 25% of planned steps to cut emissions completed by ministries – report
Environmental Protection Ministry’s annual update on implementation of 241 policy measures is latest in string of reports slamming government’s inaction on climate change
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Israelis enjoy the beach in Bat Yam, June 29, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 16, 2024, 5:51 pm
A scorching 2100: Israeli forecasters predict blistering heat in decades to come
Israel Meteorological Service suggests that by the end of the century, peak Tel Aviv temperatures could top 49.4°C (121°F), with overall rainfall slated to drop
By ToI Staff
The National Institute of Oceanography in Haifa, northern Israel. (courtesy)
July 8, 2024, 6:35 am
At first marine climate confab, scientists paint worrying picture with few solutions
Academics cite rising water temps that weaken coral reefs and affect plankton, while invasive urchins strip rocks of food for fish; nature authorities push for awareness
By Sue Surkes
A visualization of the space shield proposed by a team of scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology's Asher Space Research Institute (ASRI) (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 6, 2024, 12:55 pm
Could parasols in space counter global warming? Israeli scientists want to find out
A team from the Technion is ready to build a prototype shield to block solar radiation; project could ultimately reduce Earth’s temperature by 1.5 Celsius in 2 years
By Elana Kirsh
A pumpkin damaged in a hailstorm at the central Israeli moshav Hatzav, April 2023. (Yuval Ezra)
January 9, 2024, 10:55 pm
Compensation to farmers for extreme weather-related damage up 13% in 2023
Set to pay out over $100 million for damage to crops and livestock, insurance company says climate change events are becoming more frequent, more powerful
By Sue Surkes
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