Is the Dead Sea Dying?
72Dead Sea Falling Sea Levels
Politics And the Dead Sea Equals Disaster
There is a battle among Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians over how to rescue the biblical and environmental treasure, the Dead Sea. However, three things are certain in this life; death, taxes and conflicts in the Middle East. According to ABC News the dead sea is “evaporating and shrinking.” Progress to refurbish the sea is slow because of the intertwining of disputes and suspicions, but the snail’s race is on!
The Dead Sea Is Dying
The Dying of the Dead Sea
Facts about the Dead Sea:
It mystifies us because it is at earth’s lowest point, 1300 feet below sea level.
It is the closest to all the deep earth’s minerals.
It has salt cakes on its shoreline like unto snow drifts!
The Dead Sea has three times more salt that the Great Salt Lake of Utah.
It is 10 times saltier that the great Mediterranean sea.
It is interlinked throughout the Bible, Jericho, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Lot, Sodom and Gomorrah.
Its future is problematic: It has retreated by estimates of three feet a year for the past 25 years.
Jordan and Israel warn that if the tendency continues, it will vanish by 2050 along with its only one of a kind ecosystem.
The reasons for its decline are several: river diversions, mineral extraction, and with natural explanations, like evaporation.
The Jordan river flows into the dead sea, but its overuse and diversions just compound the problem.
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The situation is very critical.
The
situation is very critical. This urgency is brought clearly in focus
by the presence of sinkholes, a natural but dramatic side effect of
diminishing water levels. These pits open suddenly and may be more
than 100 feet deep. Scattered huge holes already dot the vegetable
fields.
After
Jordan and Israel signed peace in 1994, they began think-tanking
ideas to save the sea. A major plan is to drain some water from the
Mediterranean (about 50 miles to the west). This project was tabled
because of cost. The next goal was to expand water levels by
piping in water from the Red Sea, but the conflicts among Israel,
Palestine and Jordan have held up most of the progress.
However, the magnitude and urgency of the crises may force them to
cooperate!
Dead Sea Dying?
Dead Sea Sink Holes
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Read More About the death of the Dead Sea
- The dying Dead Sea - October 1999: Terminal Planet - Water- msnbc.com
NBC’s Hanson Hosein reports on the disintegrating health of the Dead Sea and explores the diagnosis for the future. - The Dead Sea is Dying - Neatorama
- The Dying of the Dead Sea | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine
The ancient salt sea is the site of a looming environmental catastrophe - Dead Sea dying?
- Is the Dead Sea dying?
The water levels in the Dead Sea are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to a study in Naturwissenschaften. The projected Dead Sea-Red Sea or Mediterranean-Dead Sea Channels therefore need a significant car - Is the Dead Sea dying? | Jewish Journal
2008/01/03 - It sits at the lowest spot on earth, is fed by one of the world's most significant waterways, and served witness to humanity's passage out of Africa. And it's dying. The Dead Sea, among the most remarkable natural phenomena on the earth' - The Dead Sea Is Dying - CBS News
The Sea It's Impossible To Sink In Is Drying Up, Leaving The Local Tourist Industry Struggling - Is The Dead Sea Dying? Levels Dropping At Alarming Rate
The water levels in the Dead Sea - the deepest point on Earth - are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to new research. The projected Dead Sea-Red Sea or Mediterranean-Dead Sea Channels therefore need a si - Dead Sea Is Dying - ABC News
Dead Sea Is Dying - Is the Dead Sea dying?
The water levels in the Dead Sea are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to a study in Naturwissenschaften. The projected Dead Sea-Red Sea or Mediterranean-Dead Sea Channels therefore need a significant car
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No, I haven't, but it has always facinated me. My mom and I were discussing her trip and the info I researched here is very interesting to me. I hope we can save it!Grace and peace!
You should go - it's amazing.
Maybe I will. Being somewhat diabled slow me down. I can;s walk lomg distances!Grace and Peace!
You don' t need to be able to walk long distances - hire a car, and you can drive practically up to the water's edge.
When I first went there in 1999, it was with the slightly odd combination of my boyfriend, his mother, my mother, and me. OH's mother, Sara, had multiple sclerosis. By 1999 she couldn't walk far at all, and tired very easily. She needed two sticks to walk anything other than a step or two. We still went to the Dead Sea, and bathing made Sara feel great as well as the rest of us.
Very good hub! I loved it! I found this hub very informative and has answered many questions about the dead sea.
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LondonGirl says:
7 months ago
Have you been there? It's an amazing place.