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


New 'Eco Bible' explains what the Hebrew Bible says about ecology

Meeting the critical environmental challenges that humans now face will take more than scientific and ecological knowhow.

Green bonsai tree

Mauritius offered helped from France, after major oil spill

"When biodiversity is in danger, there is an urgent need to act. France is there. Alongside the Mauritian people. You can count on our dear support," Macron said in a tweet.

AFTER the signing of the Contract of the Century in the mid-’90s, oil wells received a new energy infusion. HEYDAR ALIYEV

Gantz’s Herzlian challenge: Appoint a Green Zionist to run KKL-JNF

A consensus is forming that Prof. Alon Tal is the right person for this difficult KKL-JNF job at this critical moment.

Alon Tal

Innovative green tech at focus of first EU-Israel climate conference

The conference, held in Tel Aviv and online, included roughly one thousand participants eager to learn more about the EU Green Deal and how Israeli talents can take part in it.

Head of Delegation of European Union to the State of Israel Emanuele Giaufret (L) with Ministry of Environmental Protection Gila Gamliel (R).

Israel's beaches becoming haven for sharks

While species of sharks such as the dusty shark, or the sandbar shark are seemingly endangered in the Mediterranean, it seems as though Israel's shores are a safe place for the sharks to be.

Sandbar sharks seen grouping off the coast of Ashdod, Israel

Israel should be funding alternative energy, not another gas pipeline

A pipeline only serves interests of the gas tycoons and not the taxpayers or the environmentally minded residents of the region.

A worker walks next to parabolic mirrors at the research site of solar power company Brenmiller Energy near Dimona

iEcology - mapping online media to expand knowledge on the environment

"People are - rightfully – worried about our constant need to be logged-on, and potential abuse of these online data. However, with iEcology we highlight the silver lining of this ‘data deluge'."

Exploring the diverse artropod fauna found on plants using butterfly nets, Coastal Plain, Israel, (left) Dr. Uri Roll

Is there now too much water in the Kinneret?

ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS: If the water crosses the "upper red line," it might cause flooding in the surrounding city of Tiberias and infrastructure.

A VIEW of Lake Kinneret from Tiberias in January. The lake continues to rise.

Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic

Unlike the wildfires in California or Australia, we cannot claim that the pandemic is a direct result of climate change.

the same underlying conditions that caused COVID-19 to become a pandemic are some of the root causes of climate change.

Corona’s silver lining

We must not go back to our excessive and fossil-burning ways.

As a masked woman looks on, Roni Ben-Ari and Yonatan Meushar celebrate their wedding at Ein Hemed, which is offering free, small-scale weddings for young couples due to restrictions imposed by the government to fight coronavirus on March 18