Climate crisis
- Avi Blizovsky
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As the evidence for warming becomes more tangible, climate denial is not disappearing but changing form: Instead of simply challenging the science, populist leaders are portraying climate policy as a conspiracy by experts and elites against “the citizens.”
- Avi Blizovsky
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At the 54th Annual Science and Environment Conference in Jerusalem, the President of the State called for regional cooperation in the areas of climate, energy and food security. The Mayor of Jerusalem presented the alternative to the White Ridge Plan, and during the conference, awards were presented
- Avi Blizovsky
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Climate engineering by reflecting some of the sun's radiation is a real, dangerous, and controversial field of research that justifies regulation and transparency. However, in the Knesset debate, the scientific issue was mixed with conspiratorial claims about existing "sprays" in the sky.
- Dr. Asaf Rosenthal
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After decades in reserves, deserts and savannas, Dr. Assaf Rosenthal summarizes his environmental credo: Nature is not a tourist product or an unlimited reservoir of resources, but the living system on which it relies.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Europe didn't get a new climate overnight, but its starting point changed quickly. The same atmospheric pattern that brought heat in the past is now producing much higher temperatures, as the continent has already warmed by about 2.5 degrees Celsius.
- Avi Blizovsky
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The heat wave in Israel may actually have started with atmospheric changes occurring thousands of kilometers away. A new study has found that models are successfully reproducing the heat wave – but not always the warning signs that preceded it.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Subtitle: Global review in PNAS finds 152 animal species associated with glaciers and ice sheets, including 73 species recorded only in glacial habitats. Glacier retreat could wipe out entire ecosystems
- Avi Blizovsky
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An international scientific update states that the Earth's energy imbalance is at its peak. Most of the heat is absorbed by the oceans, but the consequences are felt in heat waves, rising sea levels and changes in precipitation.
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New research suggests accurately mapping pasture areas where stopping cattle grazing would allow vegetation and soil to be restored, sequester large amounts of carbon dioxide, and reduce the damage to meat and milk production.
- Avi Blizovsky
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A three-year study of corals from the Gulf of Eilat has found cyclical patterns of reproductive hormones, including estrogen and progesterone. The findings may help in the future with early detection of damage to the reproductive capacity of coral reefs.
- Avi Blizovsky
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A new report from the United Nations University warns that the growth of AI is creating a vast environmental footprint: data centers, cooling, power generation, mineral mining, e-waste, and inequality between countries that deploy the technology and those that do not.
- Avi Blizovsky
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The development of El Niño in the Pacific Ocean is expected to increase extreme events in the coming months. But researchers emphasize that the climate crisis is the main factor that is intensifying the danger to health, forests, and ecosystems.
- Avi Blizovsky
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New study presents direct observational evidence of a weakening of part of the Atlantic overturning current system. Researchers warn of possible impacts on European winters, rainfall, storms and sea level rise
- Avi Blizovsky
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An initiative that began in 2019 among 27 law students in Vanuatu led to a historic opinion from the International Court of Justice. Now the Pacific island nations are trying to turn the ruling into a roadmap at the UN: Less
- Avi Blizovsky
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An article in The Conversation argues that the gap between public support for reducing emissions and the continued use of fossil fuels stems from power structures, inequality, and perceptions that limit the sense of what is possible.
- Avi Blizovsky
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A report by International IDEA found that at least 94 elections and referendums were disrupted between 2006 and 2025 due to floods, fires, heat waves and storms.
- Tel Aviv University
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The GOFLOW system, developed under the leadership of Tel Aviv University, allows for the identification of subtle flow movements in the ocean and may improve models of the climate crisis, storms, and heat and gas exchange between the sea and the atmosphere.
- Avi Blizovsky
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The ECMWF and WMO European Climate Status Report found that 95% of Europe experienced above-average heat, 70% of rivers flowed below average, and more than 10,000 square kilometers burned.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers at Ben-Gurion University found that increasing the number of water sources from one to three increased the proportion of males participating in reproduction, offering a simple and non-invasive conservation tool.
- Avi Blizovsky
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For the first time, the World Meteorological Organization has added the “Earth’s Energy Imbalance” index to its annual climate report — an index that illustrates how quickly the climate system is gaining heat.
- Avi Blizovsky
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- Avi Blizovsky
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The Stanford University biologist and environmentalist was one of the most influential and controversial voices in environmental science: a leading scientist in the field of ecology, who warned about population pressure on natural systems many years before the climate crisis became a reality.
- Avi Blizovsky
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A global analysis of temperature and humidity from 1950 to 2024 shows that the number of hours during which heat and humidity limit safe daily activity has increased sharply, especially for those aged 65 and over and in hot, vulnerable areas.
- Avi Blizovsky
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The EPA's reversal of the risk finding marks a sharp turn in American climate policy, but even though China is a leader in the production of green technologies, it is still unclear whether anyone is willing to fill the political vacuum that Washington is leaving.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Long-term monitoring data in Brazil, Panama and Ecuador indicate a sharp decline in birds, especially insectivorous species, and it is possible that the climate crisis and the decline in insect numbers are destabilizing tropical forest ecosystems.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Analysis of five global datasets shows that the rate of warming in the past decade is almost double that measured between 1970 and 2015
- Avi Blizovsky
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Researchers have detected and measured a pollution plume following the breakup of a Falcon 9 rocket stage in the upper atmosphere (approximately 80–110 km) after an uncontrolled reentry in February 2025—and warn that commercial space activity is expanding faster than oversight
- Avi Blizovsky
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Analysis of 16 “tipping points” suggests that the accumulation of feedbacks – from forests to glaciers and oceans – could accelerate warming even if emissions fall in the future, creating a “desert” of climate stability
- Avi Blizovsky
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Exposure to extreme heat is associated with real health risks — heat stroke, worsening of cardiovascular disease, and harm to at-risk populations such as the elderly, children, and outdoor workers.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Stomata In-Sight combines live microscopy with a controlled leaf cell, enabling the connection between stomata opening and water loss and CO₂ uptake
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
An Israeli study has revealed that seasonal streams are dumping large amounts of microplastics into the Mediterranean Sea. In the summer, the plastic particles accumulate, and during the rains, they are released in a large wave into the sea.
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
Following mass poisonings of wildlife from improper use of pesticides – here's how to reduce the risk of the next poisoning
- Avi Blizovsky
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A new study seeks to highlight a point that worries public health experts: Not only is the “average temperature” rising due to the climate crisis, but also extreme weather patterns that have already occurred in the past may return – and when they do
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
When you think of sponges, the image of SpongeBob immediately comes to mind. But what sponge lives in Eilat that contains bacteria, anti-cancer substances and dangerous toxins? The hottest questions about the most interesting animals. Zvait website
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
The Trump administration chooses to continue being addicted to black gold instead of using existing technologies for renewable energy. This is the destructive power of fossil fuels. Commentary. Zvi website
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The Financial Times investigation shows how the Saudi vision for a 193-kilometer-long city of mirrors has clashed with enormous costs, engineering challenges and ecological constraints in the era of the climate crisis.
- Weizmann Institute
Shifting storm tracks due to climate change is warming and drying out large areas of the American Northwest.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Despite Washington's talk of acquisition and "national security," environmental regulation, legal uncertainty, and extreme conditions in the Arctic make mining and drilling difficult—and the ice sheet continues to melt.
- Avi Blizovsky
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The prestigious journal marks the decisive junctures: the climate crisis and the response to it, the race for artificial intelligence infrastructure, questions of public trust and science funding, and the ability to transform breakthroughs into systems that work at scale.
- Avi Blizovsky
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Dam levels are dropping, over-pumping is causing land subsidence, and the government is looking for solutions – from water imports to diversion projects and cloud seeding. * The crisis, which is a direct result of the global climate crisis with worsening
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
New research in the Amazon reveals: Not only greenhouse gases affect global warming, but also particles in the air
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
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Prof. Shlomit Paz from the University of Haifa explains how warm seas and air increase the intensity of rainfall, why storms like "Byron" are becoming more common in the Mediterranean basin - and warns of the cost of flooding,
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
A new Israeli study reveals that purchasing second-hand clothing does not necessarily replace buying new clothes, and is sometimes even accompanied by increased consumption that negates the environmental benefit of sustainable fashion.
- Angle - a news agency for science and the environment
Small migratory birds, weighing no more than a few grams, travel thousands of kilometers each year between their nesting sites in Europe and their breeding grounds in Africa. Dr. Yoav Perlman of the Israel Ornithology Center warns that food shortages, hunting
- Avi Blizovsky
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UNEP's GEO-7 report states that shifting from a "business as usual" economy to investing in a stable climate, nature and reducing pollution could yield up to $20 trillion a year by 2070, prevent millions of deaths and eliminate