Using Smartphone Data to Revolutionize Wildfire and Natural Disaster Predictions In urban areas, where extreme weather events like floods and heat waves can have devastating impacts, the dense network of smartphones has the potential to provide better spatial coverage than traditional weather stations.
Bats and Rats can Serve as ‘Weather Stations,’ Israeli Researchers Say In a new biologically assisted sampling approach, scientists got bats to map urban heat islands.
Weathering the Storm: Israeli Researchers Say They have Developed Tool to Predict Extreme Rainfall Researchers say a mathematical tool they have developed can improve forecasting of extreme rains with a high degree of accuracy.
How Israel Plans to Use Innovation to Combat Heatwaves Climate change's devastating effects are forcing nations to mitigate and adapt to extreme weather. Here’s how Israeli innovators hope to help.
Israeli Study Finds Climate Change is Happening Faster than Expected Weizmann Institute's findings will help experts more accurately estimate the damage climate change is causing.
The Sea of Galilee is Almost Full! What’s Going to Happen? 'I invite everyone to come this weekend, to enjoy our great beaches, the [view of] the snow-capped Golan and the most beautiful area in Israel.'
Israel Blessed with Abundance of Rain, Sea of Galilee Levels Rise! Lake Kinneret is likely to fill up completely as the heavy snows melt on the peak of Mount Hermon through the spring.
PHOTOS: Israel Blanketed by Yellow Haze Dust and sand have covered Israel, creating an unusual yellowish tinge in the air.