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Turkey: The World's Most Environmentally-Friendly Country? Maybe, With Water

The Oympinar Dam in Turkey shows off one of the country's precious natural resources: water. Image via nifortescue Turkey is trying to become "the world's...

Regional Cooperation Can Save Med Region Billions in Conservation Efforts

Green Prophet has reported on the research of Dr. Salit Kark a couple of months ago. I went on to interview her, and here's...

A Day on Our Planet (Interactive Virtual Tour of Planet Earth)

See Virtual Tour of Earth at night. It's easy to forget sometimes what all this is for. With Earth Hour behind us and Earth...

David De Rothschild Sails Plastiki With Environmental Lessons to be Learned

David de Rothschild finally sets sail on his recycled bottle boat, Plastiki. English banking family scion David de Rothschild and his crew are already 8...

10 Tips For Greening Your Passover

Getting outside is one way to "green" your Pesach.  Pessach, or Passover in English, is an interesting paradox of both returning to a way of...

Super-Sex Insects With Breakfast of Champions To Be Better Lovers, and Killers!

A new super-sex protein jock shake "A Breakfast of Champions" for fruit flies and mosquitoes to make them better lovers, and mercenaries of their...

Ilana Meallem Is The Green Peacemaker of the Middle East

A young, 'green' peacemaker Ilana Meallem, who first wanted to serve her country in the army, now devotes herself to coexistence and environmental good...

Egypt Tries to Attract Eco-Tourists to Sharm el-Sheikh With Promises of Carbon Neutrality

Sharm el-Sheikh, in the Sinai region of Egypt, has been a thriving tourist location for decades due to its incredible beaches and vast coral...

The Tale of Ancient Trees in the Holy Land (Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjsDjPvsN8&feature=player_embedded Trees tell stories. And it's not just because you can see and measure their rings. In Israel there are thousands of old trees with...

Garbage Trucks Dump Straight Into the Sea in Lebanon As Hizbollah Takes Hold

Raw sewage seeping off Beirut coastline, and dump trucks heading straight for the sea, is the "catch of the day" in Lebanon. Marine pollution in...

Bunkers for Bats

Bats find no-man's land makes a great "hang-out." Image via Yuvalh. The song lyrics ask, "War — what's it good for?" Well, conflicts between peoples...

Help From Above As Saudi Environment Satellite-Monitored

e-GEO satellite monitoring of Dubai's Palm Island. Can technology protect the endangered Persian Gulf? Saudi Arabia's fragile desert and coastal environments will now get "help...

Persian Gulf Mermaids, Face Manmade Environmental Threats

The rare and beautiful dugong inspired "tails" about mermaids. This strange creature faces extinction in the Middle East. Image via Christian Haugen. Can you...

A Nature Peace Park

Israeli-built wind farm on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israeli Syrian expert skeptical that nature Peace Park on Golan Heights would bring peace. We'd reported last...

Egyptian "Sonar" Bats Have Very Positive Environmental Roles

Bats can eat their weight in mosquitos. Some, 1,200 mosquitos every night, making them man's best night flying friend. Have you ever noticed those night...

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Pride in the Middle East: Stories of Courage, Creativity and Community

What does Pride mean in a region where acceptance can never be taken for granted? From refugee dancers and artists to entrepreneurs, athletes, and environmental changemakers, these are seven Green Prophet stories that celebrate the freedom to be yourself.

Canada’s forests can’t carry the world’s carbon emissions

Diminishing periods of snow cover in northern forests, shortened by climate change, are poised to disrupt a delicate balance in some of the planet’s most climate-sensitive regions – according to new research from McMaster University, VU Amsterdam, and the Woodwell Climate Research Center.  

New pancreas cancer drug brings miracles to “incurable” cancer

One oncologist involved in the research, Dr. Rachna Shroff, said the results were so powerful that she cried in clinic.

Lyme Disease And The Great Outdoors

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Prologium files for IPO as solid-state battery race heats up beyond Tesla

The challenge has always been scaling production: Laboratory success does not automatically translate into mass manufacturing. Materials that perform well in testing often behave differently when produced in millions of cells. This has been one of the biggest obstacles facing the entire industry.

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Pride in the Middle East: Stories of Courage, Creativity and Community

What does Pride mean in a region where acceptance can never be taken for granted? From refugee dancers and artists to entrepreneurs, athletes, and environmental changemakers, these are seven Green Prophet stories that celebrate the freedom to be yourself.

Canada’s forests can’t carry the world’s carbon emissions

Diminishing periods of snow cover in northern forests, shortened by climate change, are poised to disrupt a delicate balance in some of the planet’s most climate-sensitive regions – according to new research from McMaster University, VU Amsterdam, and the Woodwell Climate Research Center.  

New pancreas cancer drug brings miracles to “incurable” cancer

One oncologist involved in the research, Dr. Rachna Shroff, said the results were so powerful that she cried in clinic.

Lyme Disease And The Great Outdoors

Planning on being outdoors a lot this summer? We...

Prologium files for IPO as solid-state battery race heats up beyond Tesla

The challenge has always been scaling production: Laboratory success does not automatically translate into mass manufacturing. Materials that perform well in testing often behave differently when produced in millions of cells. This has been one of the biggest obstacles facing the entire industry.

What is holistic dentistry?

A recent study of graduating dental hygiene students in the United States suggests there is a knowledge gap. Researchers found that 42% of respondent students were unfamiliar with holistic dentistry, while 60% did not feel comfortable discussing it with patients. Yet nearly half believed the topic deserved greater attention in dental hygiene education.

Israeli Hydrogen Startup H2Pro Are Trying to Solve Clean Energy’s Hardest Problem

The company has attracted backing from major investors including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the climate fund founded by Bill Gates, along with industrial partners such as Sumitomo, ArcelorMittal, and Temasek, a multi-billion dollar company that owns Singapore airlines. H2Pro has raised more than $100 million USD and is moving from pilot projects toward commercial-scale deployments.

5 Ways to Use Watermelon Rinds

Upgrading watermelon rinds to healthy summer foods
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