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An illustrative image of a fly.

Insects in danger: Air pollution harms bugs' ability to find food, reproduce - study

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

A firefighting helicopter is silhouetted in front of the sun, as a wildfire burns in Mandra, Greece, July 18, 2023.

Global boiling: How Israel urgently needs to adapt to climate change

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Sandstorm in Eilat, June 1, 2023.

The risk of fatal heart attack may double when the air is hot and dusty

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

A STATION OF wind turbines in the Golan Heights.

Noise pollution danger is hard to hear, this is why Israel must take action

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Tar pollution at the Gedor Sea Reserve in Hadera. July 2023

Tar spill reported at nature reserve in Hadera

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Cook's Petrel, from New Zealand, is an endangered species and is one of the seabirds most at risk from plastic exposure. During its migrations it crosses the Pacific Ocean, and its wintering areas are severely affected by the “big garbage island” of the North Pacific.

Levels of microplastics in the Mediterranean a threat to wildlife

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Panoramic view of Rome with St. Peter's Basilica centering the composition. Rome, Italy

Most popular European cities exceed air pollution limits

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A patient suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) wears a full-face Easybreath snorkelling mask given by sport chain Decathlon and turned into a ventilator for coronavirus treatment

Air pollution exposure ages COVID patients 10 years - study

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Fish feeding on a dying D. setosum urchin in the Mediterranean Sea

Poland has done what it can to stop fish dying in Oder river

By REUTERS

THE OROT Rabin Electricity power station in Hadera.

'License to pollute is license to kill'

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

People gather round a bonfire in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Arnona in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'omer, May 8, 2023.

14 times more air pollution in Ramle from Lag Ba'Omer bonfires

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

A visible layer of air pollution stretches out across the sea. Photograph taken from the research vessel during the AQABA campaign.

More asthma sufferers live in areas with high levels of pollution

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys dance around a bonfire as they celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer in the city of Ashdod, Israel May 13, 2017

Lighting Lag Ba'omer fires in open areas to be banned throughout Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israelis stand on beach in front of a coal power station in Ashkelon

Comptroller warns environmental violations ill enforced, costing cash and lives

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

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

Air pollution causes around 1,200 premature deaths per year in people under 18 - EEA

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF