Dr. David Lehrer with Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is in Milwaukee this weekend sharing how a shared environmental goal can improve relationships in the Middle East and beyond.
Ship taking coral research mission from Israel to Sudan runs aground timesofisrael.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesofisrael.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A multinational team of marine scientists set sail from Eilat to Sudan Tuesday on board a ship originally built by the Nazis, kicking off a groundbreaking project to assess the health of corals throughout the Red Sea.
The six coral experts, from Israel, Switzerland, France and the UK, will join four crew members for a five-day journey to Port Sudan. There, six Sudanese researchers will join the team for studies due to last until September. Advertisement
The project, which will stretch over four summers, is aiming to establish a baseline for coral health against which future changes, particularly in climate, can be measured.
Jan 01, 2021
WorldComments Off on 20 Reasons 2020 WASN’T the Worst in History
This was the year we learned a whole new vocabulary lockdown, PPE, furlough, Covid-19. It was the year that the facemask went from being inconceivable to being (almost) ubiquitous.
It was also the year when businesses and industries crashed, unemployment rose dramatically, events were canceled, airports ground to a halt, and loneliness and separation became a way of life for people everywhere. It was a year dominated by recession, sickness and death. It was the year of corona.
There is absolutely no denying it 2020 was a horrible year.
And if all the heavy global disruptions of the pandemic weren’t enough, it was also possibly the worst year yet in terms of climate change as massive wildfires swept Australia and the United States, once-in-a-century storms and extreme weather events became increasingly common, and climatologists discussed the possibility of Category 6 hurricanes.