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Date Palms, Palmaculture and Greening the Middle East (INTERVIEW)

Palmaculture is a new name for an old concept – one which helped green the Middle East with traditional palm gardens called bustans For centuries...

Escape Beirut’s Smog: Go Whitewater Rafting

Nobody offers up adrenalin and nature bliss quite like Adventures in Lebanon. Their first whitewater rafting trip of the season on Nahr El Assi...

Israel Triumphs Over Invasive Acacia Species

Four years ago Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) schemed a plan to eradicate the blue-leafed wattle (acacia saligna), an invasive species native to Australia...

Supermoon photos from around the world

The full "supermoon" peers out from behind the US Capitol building in Washington DC; taken by @quinalty. People around the world flocked to catch a glimpse...

DIY Tel Aviv Guide – Every City Needs One

When Shimrit Elisar travels to other cities, she wonders where to find pizza after hours, where all the "cool kids" hang out, and how...

Killing Birds for Pickled Dish is a Disgrace, Says Cypriot Minister

Last year in Cyprus a total of 2.8 million migrating birds were trapped and killed to make a pickled dish called ambelopoulia. It's a serious...

3 Minute Video Shows How Humans Devoured Earth in 250 Years

Recently Arwa posted NASA images that depict how we have drastically altered countries in the Middle East and North Africa - a jarring post...

Rare Strain of Foot and Mouth Disease Hits Gaza Strip Animals

Israel works to create a buffer zone around Egypt and Gaza fearing rare strain of foot and mouth disease will spread. With vaccines in...

MENA Is Changing Drastically & NASA Has The Pictures To Prove It

From urbanisation in Morocco to lake shrinkage in Iran, these shocking NASA photos prove how this region is in dramatic ecological flux. Unless you have...

Lab Monkeys in Israel Get Reprieve – For Now

A recent Israeli Supreme Court decision has temporarily barred the shipment of 90 monkeys to research labs in the United States.  Mazor Farm, where...

Spencer Tunick Photos of Naked Israelis are Worth $2,000!

Spencer Tunick is one of the world's most celebrated and controversial photographers with no fewer than 75 large-scale nude photo shoots under his proverbial...

Gentle Kuwaiti Marine Activism (VIDEO)

Recent images of a dead, bloody wolf and broken flamingos that young Kuwaiti men killed for sport gave the oil-rich state a dark reputation....

Northern Israel Monitors Sewage Trucks By GPS

Is Big Brother watching your sewage? Israeli polluters can no longer dump raw sewage, lest they get caught. Drivers often dump collected waste into open...

Israel’s Beach Season Opens With Litterbugs

Despite periodic volunteer clean up efforts, much of Israel's beach front suffers from public littering Lawyer Amit Bracha, director of Israel's Union for Environmental Defense, ...

Freewheeling With Wild Jordan

Guests descend like locusts since I moved to Jordan. This time we decided to try something new. Mass transit is not an option outside Amman city limits. ...

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Data Center Alley’s Air: What Virginia’s Sensor Pilot Reveals About the AI Boom

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Brevel and India's Wave Group partner on a $15 million biomanufacturing venture to turn sugar industry waste into sustainable microalgae, nutraceuticals and alternative proteins.
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