A Tel Aviv University (TAU) researcher was among those conducting a new international study that found that amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the world’s nature reserves, or Protected Areas (PAs), will be better protected against climate change than species found outside of these areas, but are still likely to be harmed. The research findings provide evidence,… Read More
A series of new, disturbing studies from Tel Aviv University (TAU) reveal a deadly epidemic causing mass mortality of black sea urchins in the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Eilat. The entire population of black sea urchins in Eilat was wiped out over a couple of months. Today no living black sea urchins have… Read More
Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have developed a genome-scale technology that makes it possible to reveal the role of genes and traits in plants that have been hidden by functional redundancy. They isolated and identified dozens of new features that had been overlooked until now. The development is expected to revolutionize the way agricultural… Read More
Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Institute (IOLR) have succeeded in significantly increasing the ability of seaweed to produce healthy natural materials. Their research findings may serve the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, food, and nutritional supplement industries. The new methods enhanced the production of bio-active compounds that offer medical benefits… Read More
Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev explored the true benefit of digital food sharing economies and found that a significant proportion of the benefit to the environment is offset when the money saved is used for purposes that have a negative environmental impact. The study was led by Tamar… Read More
A new study by Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat finds that plastic additives used during the manufacturing process have species-specific effects that may damage the population structure and biodiversity of coral reefs. The study was led by TAU PhD student Gal Vered of the Interuniversity Institute for… Read More
A new Tel Aviv University (TAU) study conducted in collaboration with the Mediterranean Sea Research Center of Israel revealed that the Israeli shoreline is contaminated with more than two million tons of microplastics, with the most polluted beaches being those of Tel Aviv and Hadera. The researchers warn that exposure to microplastic waste is unavoidable,… Read More
Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) has found that the ancient copper industry at Timna three millennia ago was not managed in a sustainable manner, with overexploitation of local vegetation eventually leading to the disappearance of both the plants and the industry. Copper production was not renewed in this region until about a thousand years… Read More