Global warming

Global water reserves decline as river discharge falls to 35-year low in 2025, WMO report shows

According to the WMO State of Global Water Resources Report, the water cycle has become “erratic and unpredictable” over the past few years.

This aerial photograph shows the wreckage of a World War II German warship, one of dozens sunk by retreating Nazi forces in September 1944, emerging from the low waters of the Danube River near Prahovo, Serbia, on August 11, 2026.
View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025

Israel prepares for effects of 'Godzilla' El Niño with Health Ministry drills

The United Nations headquarters before a meeting on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the UN, in New York City, US, April 27, 2026.

UN backs world court climate opinion, Israel, US among few to oppose

Attendees walk in front of the China Pavilion during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, November 14, 2025.

China finds bigger role as US sidesteps Brazil climate summit - analysis


Climate Change set to impact crop growth by 2030 - study

Under warmer climate conditions, maize crop yields are projected to decline 24%, but wheat production may grow about 17% by 2030.

COLLECTING ONIONS in a field in the Judean Valley. The farmer must let his fields lay fallow during the shmita year.

Bennett at COP26: Israeli startups should focus energy on climate change

The conference has been hailed by some international leaders as the “last, best hope” to produce policy needed to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius during this century.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaking at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, November 1, 2021.

Climate change main cause of US wildfires - study

The researchers who co-authored a study of wildfires said they hadn't expected man-made climate change to surpass natural variability as the main contributor to fire weather until the year 2080.

Firefighters battle a wind-driven wildfire called the Saddle Ridge fire in the early morning hours Friday in Porter Ranch, California, U.S., October 11, 2019.

COP26: Disabled Israeli minister let in, conference apologizes

"#COP26 must be inclusive and accessible to all and the venue is designed to facilitate that."

 Energy Minister Karin Elharrar speaks with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).

Warming oceans are dimming Earth, new study shows

A new study shows that warming oceans make clouds less reflective, making the light reflected by Earthless bright.

 Sun rays shine through trees in a forest on an autumn morning near Biere, Switzerland.

US to declare 23 species, including ivory-billed woodpecker, extinct

Each of the 23 species represents a permanent loss to America's natural heritage.

Tel Aviv’s Eretz Israel Museum presents Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition

How can the world save millions of lives from air pollution?

World Health Organization highlights key guidelines for prevention of fatal air pollution.

 The unrecognized villages around Ramat Hovav which suffer from a high level of air pollution from nearby evaporation ponds of the chemicals and the IEC power plant. December 28, 2017

Mental health and the world’s sukkah moment - opinion

The festival of Sukkot provides a path forward to people of conflicting political ideologies to agree on the sanctity of nature without making it into a political football.

 The Stanleigh family sit inside their sukka, or ritual booth, used during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in their yard, in Jerusalem October 14, 2019. Picture taken October 14, 2019.

Tikkun olam motivates my work

"We are the stewards of this remarkable planet"

 A person holds inflatable Earth as climate activists including Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future stage a protest demanding more action whilst G20 climate and environment ministers hold a meeting in Naples, Italy, July 22, 2021.

Extreme cold weather found to be linked to global warming

A study has found that extreme cold weather is probably caused by the stretching of the polar vortex in the stratosphere, which results from global warming.

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