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Water Wars In The Past – Five Mideast Countries Tackle Sandstorms

Traveling sandstorms force Middle Eastern countries to cooperate, despite former water disagreements. Approximately two thirds of the Middle East is comprised of desert, including as...

Lebanon’s Mediterranean Apocalypse: Scuba Diving In Waters Devoid Of Life

There's no need to worry about being distracted by color and life while diving in the Mediterranean. There's none left. Previously off-limits to human beings,...

Israel Marine Ecologist Says Mediterranean Needs More Environmental Protection

Despite recent beach cleanup efforts, much more needs to be done to protect the Mediterranean. Meet Dr. Ruth Yahel, a marine ecologist for the Israel...

25,000 Litter-Busters To Clean Up Dubai October 26

25,000 People from Dubai are helping Clean Up the World get a handle on the planet's trash. Care to join? The trash is mounting. Every piece...

Israeli Air Force Fighter Pilots Dodge Migrating Storks

Israeli Air Force Fighter pilots fear collisions with birds more than any other enemy. Birders keep them safe. Droves of migrating birds strike a...

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Four dolphins found in a swimming pool in Egypt.

Jordan Hopes For The Gulf And Levant’s First “Mixed” UNESCO Heritage Site

As both a cultural and natural marvel, if Wadi Rum's candidacy as a UNESCO World Heritage Site is approved, sustainability will be easier to...

A Blogger’s Diary: A Cloud Forest, A Volcano and an Israeli Geographer

  Dr. Gotlieb describes a recent trip to his birthplace: Costa Rica Alajuela Province, July 22, 2010: For a Costa Rican-born Israeli geographer, a 36-hour lightning...

Israeli Researchers Discover Coral Reefs Deep In The Mediterranean

It's like finding an oasis in the middle of the desert: Haifa University explorers discover coral reefs 700m beneath the Mediterranean Sea's surface; will...

Irony At The Dead Sea: Too Much Water In Southern Portion

Which way is the Dead Sea heading? Will the tourism industry survive rising waters in the south? Although the Dead Sea is suffering a severe...

Where Have All The Iranian Leopards Gone?

Persian Leopards are hurtling towards extinction. While creating promotional mugs and Ts can raise awareness about biodiversity in general, The Iranian Cheetah Society takes...

The Tomato Has 790 Names! Scientists Have Culled A Few

Scientists have discovered 600,000 redundancies in the Dictionary of Life, and have so far scaled flower plants species from one million to just 301,000....

Are Bedouins Cutting Down Trees As A Form of Political Protest?

The Mayor of Omer insists that Bedouins are behind the felling of thousands of trees on disputed lands. Every so often we are put in...

Climbing God’s Mountain in Sinai

The ultimate "spiritual" and ecological experience – climbing the mountain where Moses was believed to have received the 10 commandments, in Sinai. In the...

Lebanon’s Five Biggest Environmental Headaches

Lebanon faces a number of environmental threats, including air and water pollution, risks associated with climate change, and the impact of the...

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