Satellite image of the eastern Mediterranean. Source: SeaWiFS Project, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center & ORBIMAGE

University of Haifa and GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre Launch Research Initiative to Assess Climate Change’s Impact on Our Oceans

University of Haifa today announced the launch of the EMS FORE Helmholtz International Laboratory in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, a five-year joint program with...

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(photo Christophe Launay pour theinertia.com)

Ben Gurion University (Israel): iGEM Team Looks to Develop a Bacteria to “Eat” Plastic

After BGU’s iGEM team took home a gold medal and was nominated for Best Environmental Project, Best Poster and Best Applied Design in the...

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Eric Karsenti, directeur de recherche émérite au CNRS

French Biologist Eric Karsenti is awarded the 2015 CNRS Gold Medal

The 2015 CNRS Gold Medal, France’s highest scientific distinction, has been awarded to the cell biologist Eric Karsenti, CNRS senior researcher emeritus. His career...

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Weizmann explains why giant algal blooms periodically appear over hundreds of kilometers of ocean

Giant algal blooms periodically appear over hundreds of kilometers of ocean – so large they can be observed from space. Such blooms then disappear...

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