Posted in Business & Politics on Mar 22nd, 2008
“At a time when steadily increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations, coupled with the acidification of the ocean’s waters, precipitate the ongoing process of global warming, the importance of following long-term changes and trends in aquatic photosynthesis increases dramatically,” say Dr. Ilana Berman-Frank and Prof. Zvy Dubinsky, of Bar-Ilan University.
This is important since about 50% of global [...]
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Posted in Lifestyle & Culture on Jan 30th, 2008
This recently published book’s full title is ‘A Crack in the Earth: A Journey up Israel’s Rift Valley,’ and it is just that; in 2004 Jerusalem-based writer and translator Haim Watzman took 2 weeks to travel up the Jordan Valley from Eilat in the south to Kiryat Shmonah in the far north, meeting a wide [...]
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Posted in Travel & Nature on Jan 12th, 2008
Timna Valley north of Eilat in the Arava Desert, is under threat, writes our friend Daniel. The pristeen valley is in danger of being turned into a Disney-land style hotel complex and spa, and convention hall.
Four hotels are planned for the site, Daniel reports in the Jerusalem Post. There is a “prestigious” spa hotel, a [...]
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