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A giant Antarctic glacier is on the brink: How Thwaites could change coastlines worldwide

Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, known as the 'Doomsday Glacier,' is showing signs of accelerated collapse; Its potential breakdown could trigger a global chain reaction, raising sea levels and threatening Israel’s Mediterranean coastline

Noa Gonen, Zavit | 07.17.26

Climate models struggle to predict extreme heat waves, Israeli study finds

Hebrew University-led research found that advanced climate models can reproduce heat waves once they occur but often fail to detect the atmospheric processes that begin days earlier, a critical gap for the Mediterranean and Middle East

Ilana Curiel | 07.15.26

רשתות חברתיות פרהיסטוריות של ציידים-לקטים בדרום הקווקז

Ancient social networks may have helped hunter-gatherers survive climate change

Hebrew University-led study of prehistoric communities in southern Caucasus suggests long-distance travel, knowledge sharing and technological ties helped small, scattered populations endure environmental change between 57,000 and 27,000 years ago

Yogev Israeli | 07.08.26

שונית אלמוגים שהולבנה כתוצאה מגל חום ימי שפקד את תאילנד

World’s oceans broke heat records in June, and scientists warn worse may follow

Global sea surface temperatures reached a record 20.98 degrees Celsius in June, while the Mediterranean also hit a new high; scientists warn early El Niño conditions could fuel more records, coral bleaching and destructive storms

Yogev Israeli, AFP | 07.02.26

Climate-Proof livestock? Heat-resistant Israeli goats attract growing interest from Europe

Goats bred in Israel’s Arava desert are attracting growing European interest as researchers use genetic selection and data-driven breeding to develop heat-resistant dairy goats that can produce milk in extreme climate conditions

Ilana Curiel | 06.30.26

400 million tennis balls trashed each year, then turned into luxury furniture

As Wimbledon opens in London, Belgian designer Mathilde Wittock is reimagining one of tennis’ biggest waste problems, turning discarded balls into benches, armchairs, acoustic panels and sculptural furniture that preserve the marks of the game

Amnon Direktor | 06.29.26

Europe air conditioning debate reignites as historic heatwave deaths mount

Only one in five European homes has air conditioning, but record-breaking heat is driving soaring demand and reshaping the political debate, with even Green leaders backing cooling systems for schools and hospitals as temperatures continue to hit new highs

News agencies, Tamar Sebok, Paris | 06.28.26

Sugar’s bitter price: how empty calories are reshaping the planet

A Tel Aviv University study says cutting global sugar consumption to recommended levels could free millions of acres of farmland, opening the way for more nutritious crops, ecosystem restoration and sustainable industries

Orry Baum | 06.28.26

Shrinking ice cover harms ringed seals, which depend on sea ice to reproduce. A ringed seal on an ice floe

How the Baltic Sea Became a test case for climate change in coastal waters

The Baltic Sea is warming faster than most oceans and losing ice, while facing eutrophication and dead zones but decades of monitoring and early restoration make it a ‘living laboratory’ for how climate change will reshape coastal seas

Yonat Eshchar, PhD, Davidson Institute of Science | 06.26.26

Butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae) are a large family of reef fish with more than 120 species

Reef romance and 'pajamas': how butterflyfish signal ocean change

Butterflyfish in the Red Sea and tropical reefs form monogamous pairs, 'wear pajamas' at night for camouflage and feed on coral; As climate change drives reef loss, scientists study their jaw mechanics and role as indicators of reef health

Maya Peleg, Zavit | 06.13.26

אנשים הולכים על שטח שבעבר היה מוצף במים, אך כיום מסמל את התייבשותו של אגם ולנצה בהונגריה

Climate crisis hits Hungary: country's third-largest lake nears historic low

Hungary’s Lake Velence, the country’s third-largest lake, could shrink to just 30 cm by late summer as climate change and decades of poor water management drive water levels toward a record low, threatening wildlife, tourism and local businesses

Yogev Israeli, Reuters | 06.13.26

תיירים סובלים מגל החום הקיצוני שפוקד את צרפת

UN’s grim climate forecast: hotter years ahead

A new UN report says there is a 91% chance at least one of the next five years will exceed 1.5 °C, and an 86% chance 2024’s heat record will be broken, bringing more deadly extreme weather

AP, Yogev Israeli | 05.30.26

Extreme heat and air pollution may worsen migraines, study finds

Soroka and Ben-Gurion University study finds air pollution, extreme heat and shifting climate conditions may worsen migraines and raise the risk of acute attacks, as experts warn cumulative exposure affects the condition

Or Hadar | 05.24.26

Rethinking cattle grazing could help fight climate change

A detailed mapping study suggests targeted grazing cuts could remove vast amounts of greenhouse gases with little impact on beef production

Tamir Yerushalmi/Davidson Institute of Science | 05.22.26

Bar-Matthews was among the first to demonstrate how detailed information about past climate conditions and precipitation patterns can be extracted from natural archives. Bar-Matthews with a stalactite

The scientist reading Earth’s memory in stone

Israel Prize winner Mira Bar-Matthews found that cave formations could hold the story of ancient climates, turning hidden layers of stone into clues about the world we are inheriting

Shaked Engelberg/Davidson Institute of Science | 05.02.26

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