SDG 14:
LIFE BELOW WATER

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

University Impact Ranking for SDG 14
U of Haifa 0/100 

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SDG14 Highlights

Announcement, Poster, Winning a Grant, University of Haifa, Innovation Authority

Learning & Students

The Leon Charney School of Marine Sciences and Haifa Innovation Labs (HIL) won a grant to operate a new training program for veterans and reservists
Dr. Ziv Zemah-Shamir, Cultural Center, Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library, University of Haifa, Marine research, sharks

Public Engagements

The Cultural Center at the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Library hosted two summer meetings with university’s marine researchers, July 2024
University of Haifa, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, partnership, cooperation, research

Research

Partnership between University of Haifa and GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

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Marine Ecology and Ocean Health Lab headed by Dr. Igal Berenshtein
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Early evidence for symbolic behavior in the Levantine Middle Paleolithic: A 120 ka old engraved aurochs bone shaft from the open-air site of Nesher Ramla, Israel

By: Prévost M., Groman-Yaroslavski I., Crater Gershtein K.M., Tejero J.-M., Zaidner Y.
Published in: Quaternary International
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: During the Middle Paleolithic in Eurasia, the production of deliberate, abstract engraving on bone or stone materials is (more…)

From 9/11 through Katrina to Covid-19: crisis recovery campaigns for American destinations

By: Avraham E.
Published in: Current Issues in Tourism
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Since 2001, growing numbers of American destinations have been combating crises such as terrorist attacks, floods, pande (more…)

Short-lived early Cenomanian volcanic atolls of Mt. Carmel, northern Israel

By: Bialik O.M., Samankassou E., Meilijson A., Waldmann N.D., Steinberg J., Karcz K., Makovsky Y.
Published in: Sedimentary Geology
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Volcanic atolls host exceptionally important marine ecosystems in the modern oceans. Yet, due to limited exposures, foss (more…)

Relative sea level changes and glacio-isostatic modelling in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, Chile: Glacial and tectonic implications

By: Björck S., Lambeck K., Möller P., Waldmann N., Bennike O., Jiang H., Li D., Sandgren P., Nielsen A.B., Porter C.T.
Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: The Beagle Channel crosses the southernmost tip of South America (Tierra del Fuego), connecting the South Atlantic with (more…)

Optimizing a standard preparation procedure for grain size analysis of marine sediments by laser diffraction (MS-PT4SD: Marine sediments-pretreatment for size distribution)

By: Jaijel R., Goodman Tchernov B.N., Biton E., Weinstein Y., Katz T.
Published in: Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Grain size distributions are a key physical measurement in marine sediment studies. The introduction of laser diffractio (more…)

Strontium and Oxygen Isotope Analyses Reveal Late Cretaceous Shark Teeth in Iron Age Strata in the Southern Levant

By: Tütken T., Weber M., Zohar I., Helmy H., Bourgon N., Lernau O., Jochum K.P., Sisma-Ventura G.
Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Skeletal remains in archaeological strata are often assumed to be of similar ages. Here we show that combined Sr and O i (more…)

Are we ready to track climate-driven shifts in marine species across international boundaries? – A global survey of scientific bottom trawl data

By: A. Maureaud A., Frelat R., Pécuchet L., Shackell N., Mérigot B., Pinsky M.L., Amador K., Anderson S.C., Arkhipkin A., Auber A., Barri I., Bell R.J., Belmaker J., Beukhof E., Camara M.L., Guevara-Carrasco R., Choi J., Christensen H.T., Conner J., Cubillos L.A., Diadhiou H.D., Edelist D., Emblemsvåg M., Ernst B., Fairweather T.P., Fock H.O., Friedland K.D., Garcia C.B., Gascuel D., Gislason H., Goren M., Guitton J., Jouffre D., Hattab T., Hidalgo M., Kathena J.N., Knuckey I., Kidé S.O., Koen-Alonso M., Koopman M., Kulik V., León J.P., Levitt-Barmats Y., Lindegren M., Llope M., Massiot-Granier F., Masski H., McLean M., Meissa B., Mérillet L., Mihneva V., Nunoo F.K.E., O’Driscoll R., O’Leary C.A., Petrova E., Ramos J.E., Refes W., Román-Marcote E., Siegstad H., Sobrino I., Sólmundsson J., Sonin O., Spies I., Steingrund P., Stephenson F., Stern N., Tserkova F., Tserpes G., Tzanatos E., van Rijn I., van Zwieten P.A.M., Vasilakopoulos P., Yepsen D.V., Ziegler P., T. Thorson J.
Published in: Global Change Biology
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Marine biota are redistributing at a rapid pace in response to climate change and shifting seascapes. While changes in f (more…)

Retraction Note: Potential effects of elevated temperature on seasonal movements in slipper lobsters, Scyllarides latus (Latreille, 1803), in the eastern Mediterranean (Mediterranean Marine Science (2020), 21, 2, 482-492, 10.12681/mms.22074)

By: Goldstein J., Spanier E.
Published in: Mediterranean Marine Science
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
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Tool wielding and activities at the Middle Paleolithic site of Nesher Ramla, Israel: A use-wear analysis of major tool types from unit III

By: Groman-Yaroslavski I., Prévost M., Zaidner Y.
Published in: Quaternary International
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: This paper communicates the results of a detailed use-wear analysis of flint tools from Unit III of Nesher Ramla, centra (more…)

Stormwater systems as a source of marine debris: a case study from the Mediterranean coast of Israel

By: Pasternak G., Ribic C.A., Spanier E., Zviely D.
Published in: Journal of Coastal Conservation
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Drainage (or stormwater) systems are a potential source of marine debris. Approximately 67 km (33%) of the land along th (more…)

Repeatable semantic reef-mapping through photogrammetry and label-augmentation

By: Yuval M., Alonso I., Eyal G., Tchernov D., Loya Y., Murillo A.C., Treibitz T.
Published in: Remote Sensing
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: In an endeavor to study natural systems at multiple spatial and taxonomic resolutions, there is an urgent need for autom (more…)

A graph localization approach for underwater sensor networks to assist a diver in distress

By: Diamant R., Francescon R.
Published in: Sensors (Switzerland)
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: In this paper, we focus on the problem of locating a scuba diver in distress using a sensor network. Without GPS recepti (more…)

Acoustic mapping of submerged stone age sites—A HALD approach

By: Grøn O., Boldreel L.O., Smith M.F., Joy S., Boumda R.T., Mäder A., Bleicher N., Madsen B., Cvikel D., Nilsson B., Sjöström A., Galili E., Nørmark E., Hu C., Ren Q., Blondel P., Gao X., Stråkendal P., Dell’anno A.
Published in: Remote Sensing
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Acoustic response from lithics knapped by humans has been demonstrated to facilitate effective detection of submerged St (more…)

Economic appraisal of ecosystem services and restoration scenarios in a tropical coastal Ramsar wetland in India

By: Sinclair M., Vishnu Sagar M.K., Knudsen C., Sabu J., Ghermandi A.
Published in: Ecosystem Services
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Valuation of ecosystem services can play an important role in guiding decision-making concerning the restoration of natu (more…)

Nitrification Activity of the Sponge Chondrosia reniformis Under Elevated Concentrations of Ammonium

By: Nemoy P., Spanier E., Angel D.L.
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: This study examined the ability of a Mediterranean demosponge Chondrosia reniformis to oxidize exogenous ammonium, simul (more…)

Compensating for Partial Doppler Velocity Log Outages by Using Deep- Learning Approaches

By: Yona M., Klein I.
Published in: IEEE International Symposium on Robotic and Sensors Environments, ROSE 2021 – Proceedings
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Autonomous underwater vehicles allow researchers to explore the ocean depths and play an important role in many marine a (more…)

Sedimentary response of the deep eastern Mediterranean basin to the north African desertification, sea level variation and regional tectonics

By: Schattner U., Kanari M., Goodman-Tchernov B.N., de Mahiques M.M., Bernhardt A.
Published in: Basin Research
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: The buildup of a continental rise and its morphological patterns depend on sediment transport and deposition via downslo (more…)

Lineage-specific energy and carbon metabolism of sponge symbionts and contributions to the host carbon pool

By: Burgsdorf I., Sizikov S., Squatrito V., Britstein M., Slaby B.M., Cerrano C., Handley K.M., Steindler L.
Published in: ISME Journal
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Marine sponges host a wide diversity of microorganisms, which have versatile modes of carbon and energy metabolism. In t (more…)

Lithic provisioning strategies at the Middle Paleolithic open-air site of Nesher Ramla, Israel: A case study from the upper sequence

By: Varoner O., Marder O., Orbach M., Yeshurun R., Zaidner Y.
Published in: Quaternary International
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Humanities  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: The mid-Middle Paleolithic (late Marine Isotope Stage 6 and Marine Isotope Stage 5) is the least documented phase of the (more…)

Needs and Gaps in Optical Underwater Technologies and Methods for the Investigation of Marine Animal Forest 3D-Structural Complexity

By: Rossi P., Ponti M., Righi S., Castagnetti C., Simonini R., Mancini F., Agrafiotis P., Bassani L., Bruno F., Cerrano C., Cignoni P., Corsini M., Drap P., Dubbini M., Garrabou J., Gori A., Gracias N., Ledoux J.-B., Linares C., Mantas T.P., Menna F., Nocerino E., Palma M., Pavoni G., Ridolfi A., Rossi S., Skarlatos D., Treibitz T., Turicchia E., Yuval M., Capra A.
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
SDGs : SDG 14  |  Units: Marine Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Marine animal forests are benthic communities dominated by sessile suspension feeders (such as sponges, corals, and biva (more…)