Rate of Watershed Migration Depends on Climate Change, Israeli Scientists Find

Jerusalem, 18 May, 2025 (TPS-IL) — A new study revealed that the rate of watershed migration is not constant and depends on climate change. Israeli scientists found that the rate of watershed migration over the past 230,000 years was not constant, and that the rate was higher during periods when the climate was wetter than the extreme desert climate that currently characterizes the southern Negev.

The research was conducted by Dr. Elchanan Harel, under the supervision of Prof. Liran Goren from Ben-Gurion University, Prof. Eitan Shelf from the University of Pittsburgh, and Dr. On Karubi from the Geological Survey.