Articles, interviews and mentions of the lab's research in Israeli and international media — jellyfish, marine plastics and the changing Mediterranean.
They have no brain, it is unclear what they feed on and nobody has ever seen how they develop at sea — yet they may well be of use to us. Israeli researchers, Prof. Dror Angel's group among them, dive into the sophisticated world of jellyfish (and get stung along the way).
Researchers have found that the oceans emit tiny plastic particles originating in our own waste, which may enter the body through the respiratory system. The report places marine microplastic research — a core theme of the AMBER Lab — in an everyday coastal context.
From the upside-down jellyfish to a tiny lethal one: this summer you may meet jellyfish with entirely new Hebrew names. The report draws on the Meduzot Ba'am public reporting project and on jellyfish research at the University of Haifa.
How did microplastic reach the milk carton, is it a health risk, and what can be done about it? Written by Dr. Noam van der Hal, whose microplastic research was carried out with Prof. Dror Angel's group at the University of Haifa.
Winter jellyfish are already massing along Israel's coast, larger and heavier than their summer counterparts. Why winter jellyfish matter to research, and how plastic waste at sea leads to more jellyfish.
The marine and coastal magazine of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, covering Mediterranean ecology, monitoring and conservation alongside research from Israeli marine laboratories. Published as a downloadable PDF issue.
A television report on the other side of jellyfish: animals that have been here for half a billion years and are turned into medicine, food and compost — featuring Dr. Dor Edelist, marine ecologist and co-founder of the Meduzot Ba'am project.
Vast quantities of jellyfish were documented off Ashdod. A jellyfish expert explains that the peak of the swarm appears to be now, and that the animals are expected to stay along the Israeli coast at least until early August.
A swarm hundreds of kilometres long reaches Israel again. When will the jellyfish leave, what to do when stung — and the app that shows in real time where they are, based on the Meduzot Ba'am citizen science project.
Meet “Meduzot Ba'am”, a new app that helps you avoid a stinging encounter with the nomad jellyfish at the beach while contributing to fascinating and important scientific research.
After a quiet season, a swarm hundreds of kilometres long is making its way from south to north along the Israeli coast. How long will they stay, what to do if you are stung — and how the jellyfish reporting app on your phone helps researchers track them.
Beachgoers in Israel face two summer nuisances: jellyfish and garbage. Now a team led by Dr. Dror Angel at the University of Haifa is turning one problem into the solution for the other — with a filter made of jellyfish mucus that isolates microplastics, as part of the EU-funded GoJelly project.
University of Haifa researchers, including Prof. Dror Angel's group, are part of the international GoJelly effort to develop a jellyfish mucus based filter that could help minimise microplastics in marine environments and in wastewater.
A new Israeli project tackles two major problems awaiting us at sea: jellyfish and microplastics. Led by Dr. Dror Angel of the University of Haifa together with Braude College researchers, as part of the European GoJelly project, the team is developing a jellyfish-mucus filter to trap microplastic particles.
Have jellyfish injuries become more frequent and more severe, and what do researchers really know about the aggressive jellyfish species appearing in Israel? Featuring Dr. Dror Angel, marine biologist at the University of Haifa's School of Marine Sciences.
Beyond the painful sting, jellyfish are being used for food, fertiliser, cosmetics and even filters against pollution — a look at the applied research that turns a coastal nuisance into a resource.
Some people are actually fascinated by the gelatinous creatures: they devote most of their time to tracking them, dive with them, grow them and work hard to change their negative image. “When you know what you're facing, it's much less frightening.”
A four-year, EU-funded applied research project launching in 2018 will tackle the things that bother us in the sea — plastic particles and jellyfish — including the University of Haifa team's work on jellyfish-mucus filters for microplastics.
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Television reports and videos featuring the lab's research and the Meduzot Ba'am citizen science project.
A television report on the annual jellyfish swarm along the Israeli Mediterranean coast, its timing and its effect on bathers.
A video profile of jellyfish research in Israel — from raising jellyfish in the laboratory to understanding blooms along the coast.
How the Meduzot Ba'am citizen science project collects public jellyfish sightings and turns them into a live map of the Israeli coast.