Collapse of Greenland Ice Sheet to Raise Sea Level Faster Than Expected
Estimates of ‘just’ 90 centimeters sea level rise by 2100 ignore Antarctica’s slower but hefty contribution, warns oceanographer John Englander
Global warming
The Real Zombie Threat as the Arctic Thaws and Other Climate Briefs
This week's climate change briefs bring grim news for gray whales, those planning their vacation in 2100, and reveal the zombie threat we should be worried about
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
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
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
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
Israel Throws Away a Third of Its Food, and the Environmental Damage Is Enormous
New report finds wasted food is responsible for 6 percent of the country's greenhouse gases emissions, and causes nearly $1 billion worth of environmental damage every year
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
Extreme Heat Dashes Palestinian Olive Farmers’ Hopes for a Good Year
Groves are reporting exceptionally bad harvests across the West Bank, and experts are tying the results to the heat wave back in May – as global warming threatens
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
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
This Was the Hottest September Ever Recorded in Israel
The heat wave broke records not only for how hot it got but how long the heat lasted, as similar records have been broken around the world, attributed to climate change
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!
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
19-year-old Dies of Heat Stroke at a Party in Southern Israel as Temperatures Soar
Multiple Israelis suffered from strokes caused by heat wave across the country
Jerusalem Breaks Temperature Record as Heat Wave Wallops Israel
City surpasses 1902 record as mercury reaches over 42 degrees Celsius, with communities in the north getting even hotter
Israel Struck by Yet Another Heat Wave
Plus, what might Neanderthal extinction have to teach us as methane mounts, not that the White House wants to know, in the latest climate change briefs
Monsoon Rains Wreak Havoc Across Pakistan, Killing 36 People
At least 136 people have died in various parts of Pakistan since June in rain-related incidents
How Cold Was the Last Ice Age? The Answer May Surprise You
We know glaciers covered the northern hemisphere during the Last Glacial Maximum, but how different are temperatures today and what did greenhouse gases have to do with it?
UAE Among Nations Vulnerable to Deadly Weather Spikes
Heat and humidity are already reaching intolerable levels and superplants fueled by high CO2 can’t save us: It’s time for the Haaretz climate change briefs!
Greenland Ice Has Passed the Tipping Point
How sea level rise will make rivers catastrophically change course and how to make veg attractive: It’s time for the Haaretz climate change briefs!
Temperature in Israel Will Rise 4 Degrees by 2100 if Climate Change Not Curbed, Study Shows
When changes are examined only for the summer months, estimates are that average temperatures may rise by as much as six degrees, study shows
Clear and Immediate Danger in Jorasses Park
Peril looms as Alpine glaciers shrink, and preserving the last bastion remaining free of coronavirus (because nobody can get there): It's time for the Haaretz climate change briefs!
Commemorating a Patriarch in a Heat Wave
As heat mounts and much worse is anticipated, the Haaretz climate change briefs look at the stories we need to know – including ones we wish we didn’t