Israeli scientists develop huge sponge to mop up and ‘eat’ oil spills
Ben-Gurion University scientists say plant material, enriched with nutrients to attract oil-guzzling bacteria, can absorb 100 times its own mass in crude oil or fuel in...
water pollution
Officials seek to calm public after algicides dumped at sea in bid to reopen desalination plants
Fishing temporarily banned ‘as a precaution’ but water supplies back to normal, says Energy Ministry, after initially unannounced push to get rid of rogue algae crippling...