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Commercial Fishing in Mediterranean Endangering Dolphins

Dolphins "trawling" behind fishermen's trawling nets are getting snared at sea. If you love fish, there is nothing like catch from the Mediterranean Sea....

The Most Effective PR Campaign in Israel's History: Protecting Wildflowers

During the celebrations for Israel’s 50th anniversary in 1998, Israel’s senior publicists were polled to name the most effective public relations campaign in Israel’s...

Israeli NGO Tevel B'Tzedek Helps Rectify Environmental Damage in Nepal

Tevel b'Tzedek, an Israeli-based non-governmental organization, defines itself as being "dedicated to creating a new generation of Israeli and international Jews engaged in social...

A Deadly Scorpion Provides a Safe Pesticide

Scorpions deliver a powerful, paralyzing venom — a complex cocktail of poisonous peptides — that immobilize animal prey on the spot. Some of the...

"Leggy" New Spider Found in the Sands of Samar, the Largest in the Middle East

A new Middle East spider species, Cerbalus genus, is discovered in Israel. Its future uncertain. It's like hearing about a wedding and a funeral...

Lebanon's Lions, Tigers and Bears Take the Heat

Lebanese animal rights' activists report serious abuse of mistreated circus animals on ring circuit from Egypt, Jordan, Syria to Lebanon. Abuse of circus animals comes...

Cross-border Conservation Efforts Could Save Billions in the Mediterranean Region, New Study Finds

Billions could be saved if Mediterranean countries combined conservation efforts, finds new Israeli-Australian study. Picture via Hebrew University. We already know that rodents suffer...

Human Coconut Waste Becomes Perfect Abode for Octopus

In this Dec. 10, 2009 photo taken near Indonesia and released by Museum Victoria, a veined octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus, hides in a coconut shell....

A Farmer's Story on Natural Sheep Grazing for the Jericho Date Company

At the Jericho Date Company Bedouin sheep, not pesticides, keep the weeds at bay. This story is written by Ronley Konwiser, a new farmer...

Saudi Oil Company Relocates Corals From Path of Pipeline

A coral reef facing certain destruction was moved from harm's way. Will it survive? We care about corals, an indicator species to global warming, and...

Corals Feeding On Jellyfish: A Strategy To Deal With Climate Change?

Corals caught munching on jellyfish. Are they adapting to climate change? It would seem that jellyfish, often referred simply to as "jellies" wouldn't have any...

Why Israeli Rodents Are More Cautious Than Jordanian Ones

Modern agriculture practices in Israel have caused population shifts in animal species. Is a border line simply a virtual line appearing on the map? If...

Teva Learning Center Combines Environmental and Spiritual Awareness With An Eye to the East

A North American Jewish environmental awareness center is expanding its programs in environmental education to make Jewish students more aware of the need to...

The joy of the Arab squat toilet in Sinai

The eastern squat toilet is the world's perfect eco-toilet. Come and look inside.

Taga's Chic, Slick, Inner City Ride, Kids Included

Taga's "transformer" bike-stroller converts quickly to match the pace and space of urban living. But one Green Prophet reader asks: Where are those kids'...

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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

Israeli eVTOL startup AIR has moved beyond prototypes, with a new Florida production facility, eight aircraft in production and about $50 million raised. How close is AIR ONE to your garage?

Stardust’s solar geoengineered $10 billion plan to blot out the sun

Israeli-American startup Stardust Solutions has raised $75 million to develop technology that could cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight. Is solar geoengineering becoming a real industry?

Mantle8 takes its natural hydrogen hunt from the Pyrenees to Dubai

Mantle8 is taking its hunt for naturally occurring hydrogen from beneath the Pyrenees to the Middle East, opening a Dubai hub after raising €31 million. But finding hydrogen underground is one thing; proving it can be produced cheaply and at scale is another.

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AIR ONE electric flying car is getting closer to your garage

Israeli eVTOL startup AIR has moved beyond prototypes, with a new Florida production facility, eight aircraft in production and about $50 million raised. How close is AIR ONE to your garage?

Stardust’s solar geoengineered $10 billion plan to blot out the sun

Israeli-American startup Stardust Solutions has raised $75 million to develop technology that could cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight. Is solar geoengineering becoming a real industry?

Mantle8 takes its natural hydrogen hunt from the Pyrenees to Dubai

Mantle8 is taking its hunt for naturally occurring hydrogen from beneath the Pyrenees to the Middle East, opening a Dubai hub after raising €31 million. But finding hydrogen underground is one thing; proving it can be produced cheaply and at scale is another.

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Here’s what we found

Does Starbucks use lab-grown milk? Starbucks tested precision-fermented milk from Perfect Day in 2021, but is it hiding in your latte today?

Alien chemistry crashed through a roof in New Jersey

meteorite crashed through a New Jersey roof carrying ancient salts, organic compounds and amino acids. After a few too many visits to Ontario’s Crystal Cave — and my own mysterious fireball in the forest — I have questions about the alien chemistry falling around us.

Adidas wanted to sell one shoe. Then it stepped into a global culture war

Adidas Israel featured amputee runner Shalev Biton in its Single Shoe campaign, designed to let people who need only one shoe buy one instead of a pair. The local campaign has since sparked international boycott calls and an apology from Adidas.

Scientists make lead-free perovskite solar cells that can weather the elements

Scientists have developed a “raincoat” for lead-free tin perovskite solar cells, helping them withstand air, moisture and heat while maintaining high efficiency.

Europe’s mountain plants are paying off an extinction debt

Europe’s mountaintops may look richer in plant life, but rising species numbers are masking the disappearance of alpine specialists as temperatures climb.
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