Ecology

From Ukraine to Gaza, war's ecological toll sparks ecocide accountability push

As conflicts from Ukraine to Gaza ravage ecosystems, momentum is building to recognize environmental destruction as a war crime

Plumes of smoke rise after the IDF carried out house demolitions in the northern Gaza Strip in January. It is believed that between 80,000 and 200,000 tons of munitions were fired or dropped on Gaza over two years of war.
Visitors walk across salt formations along the receding shoreline of the Dead Sea, a stark sign of the region’s growing environmental crisis.

Israel's overlooked challenge: Environmental damage from two years of war - from the editor

An employee of Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority inspects a burnt tree following a rocket attack from bordering Lebanon, at the Tel Dan nature reserve in northern Israel in November 2024.

After the ceasefire, the land still burns

Kibbutz Neot Semadar was selected for the UN Tourism organization’s Best Tourism Villages list

A kibbutz in the south joins the list of the best tourism villages in the world


How many ants are crawling on Earth? Scientists say 20 quadrillion

Researchers have made the most thorough assessment to date of the global population of ants—insects that have colonized almost everywhere on the planet.

An ant collects honeydew from an aphid

Land mammal food webs have declined by more than half in past 130,000 years - study

Food webs are what influence the ecosystem's functionality, describe the relationships between species in an ecosystem and allow more species to co-exist by regulating certain populations.

 A predator-prey interaction between cheetahs and an impala in Kruger National Park, South Africa in June 2015.

Even modest climate change may lead to sweeping changes - study

“Our results spell problems for the health and diversity of future regional forests,” said lead author Peter Reich.

 Infrared lamps and soil heating cables warm an experimental forest plot at a University of Minnesota field site in northeastern Minnesota.

TikTok user raising million-strong frog army accused of 'eco-terrorism'

Biologists, experts and social media are all concerned by a Tiktoker's environmentally-hazardous mission to build the "largest frog army in history."

 Tadpoles wriggle in the Bressone pond at the Chalet-a-Gobet in Lausanne May 11, 2012

Israel gains first Hope Spot - marine conservation site - by Tel Aviv

The ridge off the coast of Tel Aviv is in the process of being recognized as a protected area. An international non-profit urges Israel to disallow any exploration of fossil fuels in the area.

 Marine life at the Palmahim Slide.

Has Bennett's government done enough to combat climate change? - poll

Israelis are extremely worried about the climate crisis and think the outgoing government has not done enough to combat it.

SOLDIERS CLEAN tar off Palmahim beach on Monday, following an offshore oil spill that drenched most of the Israeli coastline.

Klil launches first ecological butterfly lake park in world

The park is an open area and not a closed greenhouse, in order to allow butterflies in the area to stay and reproduce in the park.

 Butterfly Lake Park opened by Klil

Who is Dale Vince, the anti-Zionist owner of the 'world's greenest football club'?

Green energy industrialist Dale Vince has been using his English soccer club as a means to promote his anti-Israel agenda.

 Forest Green Rovers Chairman Dale Vince

Burning grasslands could help offset carbon emissions - study

Controlled burning through cooler, infrequent fires helps encourage grass growth and can increase root biomass, therefore increasing the amount of carbon stored in an ecosystem.

California forest fires

Indonesia's Semeru volcano erupts, people warned to stay away

On Sunday, the early morning eruption resulted in dense white and grey ash clouds.

 Mount Semeru volcano spews hot ash as seen from Pronojiwo district in Lumajang, East Java province, Indonesia, December 10, 2021, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.