Environment News

The Dead Sea is slowly disappearing and collaboration among neighboring countries is difficult. But Israel needs a plan, and fast.

An Israeli company is helping rid the world of its plastic problem with a solution that coverts waste into new materials.

The Sustainable Group is developing a fully integrated, carbon-positive village that comes as a construction kit.

Eyal Bigal, a marine ecologist at University of Haifa's Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, says the sharks' draw to Israel's coasts presents a unique opportunity.

New research shows that small disturbances in the Dead Sea caused by waves or other motion create 'salt fingers' that slowly funnel down to the lake bed.

The Israeli-founded global manufacturer debuted the Alice at the Paris Air Show last week, announcing its first customer, the US regional airline Cape Air.

As water temperatures rise, it has become evident that this body of water may not be equipped to handle the changes and ramifications of climate change.

The Red Sea Transnational Research Center will include scientists from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Eritrea, Sudan, Yemen, and Djibouti.

The apartment, in the heart of the city on Bialik Square, functions as a budding business, ecology school, almost-hostel, and a community center for environmental activists.

Farmers of the future will have to provide food to a larger population and adapt their techniques to saltier grounds and hotter weather.

The average Israeli consumes about 2,000 microplastic particles per year along with their food on account of seasoning with regional table salt.

An international expedition led by the Hebrew University discovered a 10 kilometers long salt cave.

The state of plastic waste in Israel is bleak: pollution is on the rise, research is stagnating, policies are unclear, and the last plastic recycling plant is closing its doors. Israel needs to step up its efforts before the problem spins out of control.

Scientists at Tel Aviv University developed a polymer made from microorganisms that feed on seaweed, creating material that recycles into organic waste.

Watergen says it is committed to increasing access to safe drinking water, reducing the need for plastic bottles, and breaking into untapped markets and sectors.