Opinion The Worst Man in America Is No Longer President
The ‘pro-life’ president ended his term with unprecedented executions, a health crisis rivaling a world war and a climate catastrophe. Thank God he’s gone
Climate change
The Mediterranean Is Heating Up, Dealing a Devastating Blow to the Region's Biodiversity
Apparently due to global warming, a tropical ecosystem of invasive species has transformed Israel's coastline, a study published by Britain’s Royal Society scientific academy shows
Two Years After Approval, Israel’s Climate Change Program Still Lacks Budget
Environment and Health Fund and the Health Ministry say delay caused by political crisis and ongoing parliamentary paralysis
Cooking Our Beef and Planet, and Other Climate Change Briefs
How not to be toast and shrimps as the unkosher bellwether of ocean warming
Israeli Cities to Get Funding for Reducing the Use of Disposable Cutlery in Preschools
The Environmental Protection Ministry will provide preschools with funding to purchase a dishwasher, reusable utensils following protests from parents against single-use cutlery and plates
The Auto Industry's Hydrogen Revolution Is Powering the Future
Available, light and nonpolluting, hydrogen could be an ideal source of energy and due to recent technological developments, an increasingly feasible one
Seas Are Rising but Lakes Are Shrinking: Caspian Facing ‘Catastrophe’
The world is considering adaptation to rising seas but ignoring danger to lakes as global temperatures climb, new paper warns
Stormy Weather Ahead: Pollution Found to Cause Fierce Gales in Coastal Cities
Prof. Rosenfeld of Hebrew U carried out storm simulations over Houston, where storms have been substantially more severe in recent years, to discover the causal link
Israeli Minister Seeks to Delay East Med Gas Forum Citing Climate Concerns
Environment minister says regional group must also address climate change issues, a demand which Energy Minister Steinitz dismissed as 'ridiculous'
It’s Only Unnatural: Clogged Rivers, Mystery Marshes and Other Climate Change Briefs
Over 1.2 million barriers are blocking the free flow of Europe’s waterways, while land ecosystems globally are becoming less efficient at absorbing carbon dioxide
Israel Pledges to Stop Using Fossil Fuels by 2050
Israel joins majority of Western nations with pledge, but statement wasn’t accompanied by any concrete plan to achieve this goal or any proposed legislation that would ban the use of fossil fuels
In Reversal, Israel Might Pump Water North From Sea of Galilee
The lake is famous in part for sending water south, and critics say the new plan would damage the environment
Ten Years After Israel’s Worst Forest Fire, Mount Carmel Awaits Its Next Blaze
The place is blooming again, but the heat waves, low humidity, high winds and long dry spells of climate change mean prevention is a must
Experts Point to Climate Change as Powerful Rains Batter Israel
Local authorities report flash flooding across central towns, with some damage to the Israeli military headquarters in Tel Aviv
Climate Change Briefs: Death by Heat on Land and at Sea
Heat waves are killing coronavirus-fearing Brits on land, corals and kelp at sea – but there’s a moment of Zen in the Amazon
Climate Change Briefs: Earth Passed Temperature Tipping Point Decades Ago
On engineering carbon-guzzling plants, Alaska’s tsunami risk, greening your laundry and other reports this week
U.S. Formally Withdraws From Paris Climate Change Accord Amid Presidential Race
Trump exited international pact to reduce U.S. gas emissions, arguing it would undermine the economy. Biden pledged to rejoin if elected
Analysis Eight Ways Trump Has Harmed the Most Important Struggle in Human History
In addition to withdrawing from the Paris climate accords, the President Trump has rolled back over 125 environmental safeguards and continually ignored the science.
The Lesson of the Ancient Town That Survived Climate Change
Weekly roundup of must-know stories on the change around us
Israel Plans to Boost Renewable Energy Production, but Activists Warn It’s Not Enough
Government plan aims for 30 percent solar energy and 70 percent natural gas for electricity production by 2030, after rejecting an Environmental Protection Ministry proposal for a 40-percent target
Kill Krill: A Base of the Food Chain May Be at Risk
Thawing permafrost onland raises tsunami risk, of all things. And: why hominin evolution has a sobering insight for us. All this and more in this week’s Haaretz climate change briefs
Still Eating Meat? Don’t Be Shocked if We Face a Future of Pandemics
The voices of those who see a connection between diet and rogue viruses are getting stronger and the market for meat substitutes is flourishing
'Uninhabitable Hell': Climate Change and Disease Threaten Millions, UN Warns
The last two decades saw the number of disasters caused by extreme weather nearly double, report finds
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Dead Fish: Beware ‘The Blob’
But on the upside: Snails and sea slugs may be more resilient than we thought, brought to you by the Haaretz climate change briefs
The Meaning of Life on Venus, and Other Climate Change Briefs
How you can do your part to save the oceans, and how humanity put volcanoes to shame
Scientists Find New Way Climate Change Can Ruin Life as We Know It
T-Rex would have liked having the heat return to dinosaur territory, and other ironies of global warming in this week’s Haaretz climate change briefs!
Analysis Coronavirus Lockdown Testifies to Netanyahu's Failure, and Could Last Much Longer
Unlike the first wave, the Israeli public isn't on board, and a growing infection rate overshadows the prime minister's latest diplomatic wins
Hot in the Holy City: Jerusalem Breaks 120-year Record
As glacial lakes grow and the Amazon burns, the good news is that replacing steak with tofu won’t give you moobs
When Earth Warmed Between Ice Ages, Mastodons Migrated North
Dramatic environmental changes led American mastodons to migrate: Their reaction to the interglacial periods could help predict what we may expect in this time of climate change