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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
Carrying out measurements as part of the 2023 National Monitoring Program in the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat). (Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, Eilat)
August 11, 2024, 6:00 am
Sea surface temperatures continue to rise in Gulf of Eilat — annual report
National Monitoring Program finds coral cover almost back to levels of before March 2020, when storm wreaked havoc, but warns about continued fertilizer and runoff contamination
By Sue Surkes
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 fisherman fishes on a rocky reef in the Mediterranean Sea in northern Israel, December 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 17, 2023, 11:23 am
Eastern Mediterranean turning tropical, as warming waters force native species out
In Gulf of Eilat, expert warns corals could bleach if pollution allowed to continue on top of marine heating
By Sue Surkes
Glowing corals. (Tel Aviv University)
July 18, 2022, 2:25 pm
Deep sea corals glow in the dark to lure prey, Israeli researchers find
Study shows that corals in dark zones of sea that must supplement food obtained by photosynthesis use fluorescence to lure small creatures such as plankton into their mouths
By Sue Surkes
Measuring corals for the 2020 national monitoring study of the Gulf of Eilat. (Inbal Ayalon, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, Eilat)
September 12, 2021, 6:02 am
Government report sounds alarm over record Red Sea temperatures, marine trash
Water temperature off Eilat coast hit 29.1 degrees Celsius (84.4°F) at one monitoring station, while waste per square kilometer was 1,000 times more than in Mediterranean
By Sue Surkes
The Fleur de Passion research ship before it left Eilat in southern Israel for Port Sudan, July 19, 2021. ((Marcos Schonholz)
August 5, 2021, 9:03 am
Israeli-European Red Sea coral study delayed by a year after ship runs aground
Scientific expedition to boost conservation efforts was to see collaboration with Sudan, but vessel hit a reef passing the Straits of Tiran
By AFP
The Fleur de Passion research ship before it left Eilat in southern Israel for Port Sudan, July 19, 2021. ((Marcos Schonholz)
July 26, 2021, 5:40 am
With coral research delayed by crash, scientist not waiting to dive back in
Maoz Fine says the ship carrying him and other scientists is still stranded on a reef, with possible extensive damage to equipment, but he’s already making plans to dive off Sudan
By Sue Surkes
The Fleur de Passion research ship before it left Eilat in southern Israel for Port Sudan, July 19, 2021. ((Marcos Schonholz)
July 22, 2021, 7:50 pm
Ship taking coral research mission from Israel to Sudan runs aground
Fleur de Passion, which left Eilat on Tuesday, hit a reef early Wednesday, forcing Egyptian navy to evacuate scientists and crew to Sharm el-Sheikh
By AFP
The Fleur de Passion sails out of Eilat en route to Sudan, on July 20, 2021. (Marcos Schonholz)
July 21, 2021, 3:46 am
Winds of peace fuel Israeli-led expedition to Sudan to save Red Sea coral reefs
Multinational mission will spend four summers in unprecedented project to assess health of threatened reefs, all on a boat originally built by the Nazis to lay mines
By Sue Surkes
Corals broken by the extreme storms that battered Eilat in March. (Dr Assaf Zvuloni, Eilat district marine ecologist, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
May 31, 2020, 7:26 pm
Extreme March storms wreaked vast damage on Eilat’s coral reefs, study finds
Initial findings of monitoring show up to 75% of coral cover harmed by lashing waves, moving sand carpets and objects blown from land into Gulf of Eilat
By Sue Surkes
Corals at the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences coral farm in the Red Sea city of Eilat, southern Israel, January 17, 2019. (Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences/Dror Komet via AP)
August 11, 2019, 3:16 pm
Israel to host 27 US students in new marine sciences exchange program
The eastern Mediterranean shore will be a ‘real-world laboratory’ for the next generation of oceanography professionals
By Shoshanna Solomon
Corals at the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences coral farm in the Red Sea city of Eilat, southern Israel, January 17, 2019. (Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences/Dror Komet via AP)
February 20, 2019, 1:52 pm
Northern Red Sea coral reefs may be able to survive a hot, grim future
Israeli researchers find local strains of vital marine invertebrates can resist higher temperatures, opening possibilities of repopulating other areas devastated by global warming
By Alon Bernstein and Isabel Debre
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