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Bahrain starts mid-day siesta to protect workers from the heat

Saudi pilgrims on Hajj died last month from a catastrophic heat wave. The Middle East is so hot it almost doesn't seem possible to...

Most Saudi residents are climate aware

In a new survey by the French energy company Veolia, they found that 86% of Saudi residents in 2024 believe that climate change is real, compared to 59% in 2022, indicating a growing acknowledgment of climate change within the population.

Turkish youth say they will pay 10% more for renewables

It's easy to put your mouth on your money before you start your career, yet Turkey has captured the sentiment of youth in a new study that find Turkish youth will pay 10% more on renewable energy. 

What is climateflation and how it impacts Middle East nations

Climateflation presents a complex and multifaceted challenge for Middle Eastern economies, requiring concerted efforts from governments, businesses, and civil society to address effectively.

What Are the UK’s Clean Air Zones?

The health effects of diesel pollution are severe, with harmful gases and small particles from diesel vehicles linked to asthma, reduced lung function, and lung cancer. Additionally, diesel emissions contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone, a major component of smog that causes respiratory illnesses and other health problems.

What Is Nitrogen Oxide and Why Is It Bad for the Environment?

But what exactly is nitrogen oxide, and why should we be so concerned about it? 

Half of China’s major cities are sinking

China is bracing against epic flooding caused by climate change. Millions of people are at risk as we speak.  According to a new Science paper, things are going to get progressively worse for China.

Going to Climate Week 2024 in Barcelona?

Climate Week 2024 has been designed to bring together a diverse range of exploration and case studies from around the world, offers contemporaneous sessions and numerous networking opportunities.

Israel starts The National Institute for Climate Policy Research

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel will create The National Institute for Climate Policy Research to promote science-based policy. By translating scientific knowledge into best practices, the Institute aims to pioneer evidence-based policy solutions, ensuring sustainability and prosperity across all levels of governance and industry. Climate change policy in Israel is lacking.

IBM’s sustainability software Envizi uses AI to green GHG gap

IBM helps companies meet sustainability goals with AI-based GHG reporting software.

Amazon deforestation is killing the lungs of the earth

For the first time scientists have determined that due to the ongoing deforestation in the Amazon basin in recent decades, the number of thunderstorms and rain in the region has decreased significantly, and the area over which they occur has shrunk.

Daniel Hillel pioneer of drip irrigation showed us how to grow food in the desert

Daniel Hillel proved that plants grown in continuously moist soil, achieved through micro-irrigation, produce higher yields than plants grown under flooding or sprinkler irrigation.

Solve the migrant crisis in Europe? Help Africa with drought

In 80% of African countries people moved toward rivers and into cities during or following drought, increasing the number of people living in flood-risk areas in recent decades, according to a new study. This resettlement pattern will likely intensify in coming decades as climate change is expected to make droughts more frequent and severe.

Keeping the faith at COP28

People of faith can appeal to their communities and spiritual leaders to help heal our planet.

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Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

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Why pest control needs to adapt to local climate, moisture, building patterns and pest pressure rather than rely on one national treatment plan.

Brad Pitt walked the red carpet with rescue dogs. Why isn’t rescue just the default?

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Arabia Suburbia was adapted from the American blueprint for suburban living

Walk through almost any Saudi city today and one form dominates residential streets: the detached villa, sitting on its own plot, separated from its neighbors, usually surrounded by a wall and reached by car. It feels thoroughly Saudi. But much of the architectural DNA of the modern Saudi house comes from American suburbia.

Leen Kawas and the Work of Carrying Promising Medicines Forward

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The Financial Impact of Meta Glasses on Europe’s Eyewear Market

Smart glasses are changing the economics of eyewear by turning conventional frames into higher-priced technology products. What used to be mainly a sale built around frame design, lenses, prescription needs and brand preference is now also a sale built around cameras, audio, AI features, app support and connected-device setup.

Why Pest Control Has to Be Local: Mira Home on How Climate and Geography Change Pest Pressure Across America

Why pest control needs to adapt to local climate, moisture, building patterns and pest pressure rather than rely on one national treatment plan.

Brad Pitt walked the red carpet with rescue dogs. Why isn’t rescue just the default?

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Beavers are moving into the Arctic, and they are rewiring the tundra

“Beavers effectively write their history into the landscape with each shrub they cut and every pond they create by damming streams,” said lead author Dr Georgia Hole, who carried out the research at Anglia Ruskin University and is now based at Durham University.

Top 5 Free Data Recovery Software of All Time

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Food system’s biggest waste may be the farmers we don’t see: Hugh Locke’s new book

Whole Earth Farming: Smallholders and the Great Regenerative Transformation by Hugh Locke is published by George Ronald in September 2026.
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