It was a shocking moment, but also a reminder of what could have ended much worse.What wasn’t reported in the news is what might have happened if the giant ammonia tank on-site hadn’t been emptied.

The economies of Eilat and the neighboring Jordanian city of Aqaba are also heavily dependent on visitors drawn to the area’s coral.

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The reefs in Eilat displayed widespread bleaching, a phenomenon in which the symbiosis between coral and algae fails, typically due to high water temperatures.

A whale shark, the largest fish on Earth, was recently spotted off the coast of Eilat. Freediving instructor Sagi David Kabra was diving at the Eilat Coral Beach Nature Reserve when he spotted the ...

Artificial reefs help preserve coral reefs by shifting divers away from the natural ones, according to new long-term study of one in Eilat Date: February 20, 2024 Source: Ben-Gurion University of ...

EILAT, Israel, February 20, 2024 – Divers are essentially tourists who love coral reefs and invest a lot of time and effort to watch them. Unfortunately, divers also cause damage to corals ...

The Red Sea's spectacular coral reefs face a new threat, marine biologists warn -- the mass death of sea urchins that may be caused by a mystery disease.Because the long-spined creatures feed on algae ...

EILAT, ISRAEL - JULY 14: A stony coral from the genus Stylophora at 10 metres deep on July 14, 2022, in Eilat, Israel. Coral reefs are complete ecosystems, and although the reef in Eilat is ...

"The mass mortality of sea urchins in the Mediterranean Sea has spread to the Gulf of Eilat and threatens to destroy the coral reef,” warns a Tel Aviv University research team led by Dr. Omri ...

The researchers: "Mass mortality of sea urchins in the Mediterranean Sea has spread to the Gulf of Eilat and threatens to destroy the coral reef. Within just two days a healthy sea urchin becomes ...