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Soot’s Role in Climate Change Can Be Predicted, New Research Shows

Image credit Keetsa Tons of soot is being released into the air annually as forest fires rage from California to the Amazon to Siberia and...

Will Climate Change Reduce Or Increase Middle East Rainfall?

Well, that depends on how you look at it... Scientists are predicting that climate change will cause upheavals in the patterns of rainfall, drought, floods,...

Middle East Oil Barons See Green Oil Fields in Clean Technology

It's kind of ironic, but good news: As the world suffers from rising fuel costs and weighs the consequences of global warming, investors and...

Networking In Israel's Growing Cleantech Industry

Introducing Chava Shaked, who shares her adventures in Israel's blossoming cleantech scene. What started off for me as a business, became a vibrant hobby and...

It's Possible to Harvest More Crop Per Drop, Find Israeli Cleantech Researchers

A new solution addresses the problem of water loss and promises farmers "more crop per drop" A part of the global food crisis is the...

"Chaschams" Water Saving Devices Go Door to Door

Chascham, the water saving device that can reduce flow by as much as 42%. In April, Green Prophet had a chance to go from door...

David Kamp's "The United States of Arugula" Best Read When Hungry

Israel’s fastest-growing supermarket chain is the upscale Tiv Taam, where customers can browse shelves of international beers, pick through extensive cheese selections and even...

Israeli Researchers Listen to Plants to Find Water Contamination

In the Middle East, water is never far from our minds. As Israel's water shortage takes effect, the quality of our water is in...

Is Wind Energy a Danger to Migrating Birds?

We've explored the heady possibilities of wave energy...But what about wind? Wind turbines, those modern day versions of Don Quixote's windmills, may have some...

Nano Technology's Cleaning Up Space Junk

So you've finally done it. You've built your own rocket ship and you're about to make your virgin launch. 5... 4... 3... 2... 1......

Shmuel Ovadia's SDE Wave Energy Is More Than Just a Pipe Dream

All of us are aware of the high cost of energy these days, as well as the adverse ecological effects of using fossil...

EWA Technologies Powers Air Conditioning With Solar Energy

(Illustration of how the solar-powered air-con might look) Solar energy has long been considered as a source of power. And more recently, a number of...

Gideon Greenspan Shifts Gears to Catalog Carbon

From creating the world's most popular puzzle website (and a Time Magazine top 50), Israeli-British entrepreneur and hightech whiz Gideon Greenspan decided to change...

Israeli Tech Brings Solar-Powered Air Con to Your Home

Imagine if air conditioning came without the hefty price tag of electric bills—if it was, in fact, entirely free. Tel Aviv University Professor Avi...

Israel Cleantech 2008 Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrvOH7VmZRE China is interested in Israeli clean technology. Here's a video capturing some of the more interesting companies at Israel's latest cleantech expo: on water,...

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True progress happens when environmental ambition meets action. Decarbonizing efficiently is possible for any business in any sector, but actually getting started can sometimes feel daunting.   The trick? It’s to start small and build momentum. Here are five potential projects to help you get started.  

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The Hydrophilis rebreather is a new scuba system that could make diving safer and more fun.

AI data centers are triggering panic, instead of cleantech opportunities

AI may unintentionally become the economic engine that finally modernizes America’s aging grid. California is experiencing a massive AI data center boom, ranking 3rd in the U.S. with 227 operating centers and 54 more in development as of April 2026, according to Stanford.

Meet Seramic Materials from Abu Dhabi

Based in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, Seramic Materials was founded in 2019 by Dr. Nicolas Calvet and Dr. Jean-François Hoffmann, researchers working at the intersection of renewable energy and materials science. The company grew out of the Masdar Institute ecosystem and is supported by clean tech programs like The Catalyst, with early backing of around $150,000 and more than $2 million invested in research and development over time.

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24 7 renewable energy: how solar, wind, batteries and AI SaaS replace fossil fuels

A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency based in Abu Dhabi makes something clear that many in the industry already suspected. When solar and wind are paired with battery storage, they can deliver reliable, round the clock electricity at costs that compete with, and often beat, fossil fuels.

A summer of sugar wax or time for laser treatments? The environmental answer

Green Prophet readers know we write a lot about hair. We have covered the halal and the haram sides of hair removal for Muslims. We have written about sugar waxing, Persian sugaring, threading, and the beauty secrets that came out of the Middle East long before salons started calling them trends. Our articles on sugar wax broke the internet a few times. 

Make paper mache with flowers to create stunning vase

There’s something quietly beautiful about what Rebloom Studio is doing, and it starts with waste. At wholesale flower markets, mountains of unsold blooms are tossed out at the end of each cycle. Perfect flowers, just not sold in time. Most of them are burned or dumped. Rebloom takes that moment and turns it into something else.
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