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“Extinct” Hula Painted Frog Represents Ancient Species

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) officially declared Israel's Hula frog extinct in 1996, but now the frog has returned to...

Giza Zoo Kills Three Black Bears, Tries to Cover it Up

Zookeepers at the Giza Zoo in Egypt accidentally killed three black bears and officials then tried to cover up their negligence. A local newspaper,...

Higher CO2 Levels are Greening the Middle East

Desertification, water scarcity and food security are among the most important byproducts of rising temperatures due to increased CO2 emissions, but researchers from the...

Venomous Irukandji Jellyfish Kills Eco Bloggers

Green Prophet recently reported about alarming surges in jellyfish populations in the Mediterranean Sea. No hand-wringing yellow journalism here, the phenomenon was scientifically assessed...

One Dies in Istanbul as Thousands Protest for Turkish Nature Preservation

The social protests currently sweeping through Turkey started with a dozen men and women who parked their tents in Gezi Park - one of...

Ocean’s Garbage Patches Cleanup Tackled by Teen Boyan Slat

Nineteen-year-old Boyan Slat plans to clean the ocean, whereas most teenagers can’t even tidy their rooms. The  aerospace engineering student devised a method to...

Long Public Bus Converted into $300,000 Un-green Luxury Home

We were so excited to learn that an Israeli pair transformed an old bus into an attractive luxury home, until we saw what materials...

World Sees Scary Transition to Seas Full of Jellyfish, Not Fish

Every summer the surge of jellyfish seems to be getting worse and worse in the Mediterranean Sea. A new UN report says that may...

North Africa Coast Will Rise 60 Percent More than Previous Projection: New Study

New scientific reports suggests that coastal flooding for Middle East and North African countries will be much worse than estimated six years ago. What...

Visit the Round Freedom Farm House in the Siwa Oasis, Egypt

It takes some perseverance to get to Siwa, which lies just east of Libya. Either a long bus or car ride from Cairo, the journey is worth every dust spec, every extra freckle from the sun, and every mile of desert scenery.

Mars One Gets 80,000 Willing for One-way Mission to Mars

When the call went out Mars One might have expected a few dozen people would be willing to accept a suicide mission to a dead planet....

Dubai Cheetah Owners Can Save the Species, Says Expert

We have often lamented that people from Dubai and other Arabian Gulf countries walk around with wild cats the way Hollywood stars carry Chihuahuas....

AirBnB Rental Ruled Illegal – What it Means for the Middle East

From a €17 pad in Sharm Sheikh to a €61 room on Gaza Beach and a cave home in Israel, AirBnB is used widely across...

Watch Out for Falling Palm Trees Near You

The date palm is an important part of the religious, cultural, and economic heritage of the Arabian Peninsula and the rest of the Middle East....

New Petition Calls for End to Animal Cruelty in Saudi Arabia

A new online petition has been created to curtail animal cruelty in Saudi Arabia. It calls for ending the use of violence against animals...

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The Space Orchestra, and the search for extraterrestrial life, to eclipse celebration

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Canada’s healthcare became the world’s digital health laboratory. Now Europe is taking notice

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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

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Canada's healthcare system may be under pressure, but its decades-long experience with digital transformation is becoming a model for Europe and beyond. In an interview with Nordic's Alison MacDonald, Green Prophet explores why successful AI in healthcare depends less on software than on empowering clinicians, improving workflows and building resilient systems.

Jewish Climate Network founded so innovators don’t leave their identity at the door

Rather than retreating from climate change work, the Jewish Climate Trust organization has backed a new initiative designed to strengthen both climate action and Jewish community.

The Hidden Components Powering the Renewable Energy Revolution

A rooftop solar system looks simple: panels, an inverter, a battery and a few cables. But beneath that simplicity lies a bill of materials thousands of lines long, where tiny current sensors, magnetic cores, gate drivers, capacitors and connectors quietly determine efficiency, safety and lifespan. These overlooked components—not the solar panels themselves—are why today's residential solar systems are smaller, smarter and far more reliable than those of a decade ago.

Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

It is a wake-up call to teen girls on TikTok planning their next Coachella outfit or trip to Sephora: During the Second World War, thousands of young men left family farms to enlist, but the crops still needed planting and harvesting. Ontario's government answered by recruiting high school girls, from ages 16 to 18, to spend parts of spring, summer and fall to fill in for the labor shortage. 

The Early Believers: Investors Who Backed SpaceX Long Before Its Record IPO

SpaceX’s 2026 IPO didn’t just mint billionaires—it revealed the many forms of conviction behind one of the most doubted bets in venture history.

From eco city experiment to global clean energy giant: How Masdar became the UAE’s renewable energy powerhouse

Masdar began as an ambitious eco city in the Abu Dhabi desert. Two decades later, it has become one of the world's largest renewable energy developers, financing billions of dollars in solar, wind and battery storage projects across the globe.
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