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New Study Presents A Gloomy Climate Future for Middle Eas
A fresh study conducted by Professor Dan Rabinowitz, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences at the Tel Aviv University, surveys regional climate models for the Middle East, analyzes climate inequalities and examines threats posed by global warming to security and political stability in the region.
In a new book published by Stanford University Press entitled ‘The Power of Deserts: Climate Change, the Middle East and the Promise of a Post-Oil Era’, Professor Rabinowitz argues that the region, already hotter and dryer than most parts, could soon see exacerbated water shortages, decreased agricultural productivity, large scale displacement and conflict as a result of a deteriorating climate.
A devastating earthquake in Israel is imminent, study shows
According to the research, which reviewed 220,000 years of Dead-Sea geology by drilling and studying the seabed, a major seismic event is expected to hit the region within the next few decades
Attila Somfalvi |
Published: 12.24.20 , 23:32
A recent study conducted at the bottom of the Dead Sea revealed that a potentially devastating earthquake measured 6.5 on the Richter Scale is expected to hit our region in the coming years.
The study, conducted by researchers from Tel Aviv University and published in the Science Advances journal, revealed that earthquakes of such magnitude tend to hit the region once every 130 to 150 years, though a smaller gap of only a few decades is also possible.