Ben Gurion University

Studying the worldwide effects of Desertification in Sde Boker (part 1)

James Murray-White | December 15th, 2008 | Comment

Israel’s pioneering Desert University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), is currently hosting the 2nd biannual ‘Drylands, Deserts and Desertification‘ conference at their deep desert outpost at the Sde Boker Campus. Day 1 has focussed upon Life and Soil Degredation…

Looking to the Vadose Zone to Rehabilitate Groundwater Pollution

Karin Kloosterman | December 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Planted in Israel’s Negev Desert is an academic oasis of scientists and their students. They are studying a natural resource that may be more valuable than oil in the not-so-distant future. That resource is water. Dr. Ofer Dahan from the…