At The Dead Sea, Getting That Sinking Feeling
| March 19, 2012 - 25 Adar 5772 | Posted by Adam Dickter under Latest News |
Geologist Eli Raz says the clock is ticking. The water level of the Dead Sea is dropping by as much as two billion gallons a year, and the shoreline is receding by roughly four feet each year. The groundwater in the surrounding dry beds is drying up as well, causing dangerous sinkholes to form all around the periphery. The only question is why? There’s an old joke about an Israeli boy who, after hearing his friends boast about their dads’… more →
Will the Dead Sea become the next Eilat?
| March 7, 2012 - 13 Adar 5772 | Latest News |
Among the plans for the Dead Sea area, Israelis are being asked to choose between an Eilat-style tourism complex, which could include a string of beach hotels Israelis have been invited to decide whether their half of the Dead Sea shore should be redeveloped in keeping with its natural beauty or as a full-on, money-spinning concrete jungle. Floating hotels, health spas and sprawling seaside malls are some of the more radical proposals put forward by the Ministry of Tourism, which… more →
Jordan and Israel Find Risks in Dead Sea – Red Sea Canal
| January 6, 2012 - 11 Teves 5772 | Latest News |
The Dead Sea is again in environmental headlines as a project to remove salt accumulations from the lakes southern portions have passed preliminary readings in Israel’s parliament. The salt removal project would be largely paid for by the Dead Sea Works, with the profits derived from the sale of the extracted minerals to be placed in a special rehabilitation fund. This project comes on the heels of warnings by environmentalists that the hotels located in this portion of the Dead Sea… more →
Cabinet quashes plan to rehabilitate Dead Sea
| November 22, 2011 - 25 Cheshvan 5772 | Latest News |
Instead, it approves salt harvest measures and increase in Dead Sea Works royalties. Barely a week after the Dead Sea failed to make the list of winners in the New 7 Wonders competition, the cabinet rejected a bill that would provide for its rehabilitation and protection in an 8-7 vote on Sunday. “The government has chosen to stand on the sides of the factories and has failed in safeguarding the Dead Sea,” said Amit Bracha, director of the Israel Union… more →
Rainbow over the Dead Sea
| November 21, 2011 - 24 Cheshvan 5772 | Latest News |
A wonderful picture of a rainbow over the Dead Sea by ‘Salt Of The Earth’ producer S.i.Goodman. more →
The Dead Sea, Then and Now
| November 12, 2011 - 15 Cheshvan 5772 | Posted by Bible Places under Latest News |
![Dead Sea pier out of water, tb021905580_thumb[2]](http://saveoursea.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Dead-Sea-pier-out-of-water-tb021905580_thumb2-100x75.jpg "Dead Sea pier out of water, tb021905580_thumb[2]")
The waters of the Dead Sea rise and fall. You may not know that if you only read the newspapers and not the history books. Climate change has affected the earth as long as we can tell. There’s a great demonstration of the historically changing levels (and therefore shape) of the Dead Sea recently created by A.D. Riddle and David Parker. (After you click that link and read the introduction, click on the “Play” button on the right side and you’ll see the water… more →
Now you Dead Sea it…
| November 12, 2011 - 15 Cheshvan 5772 | Posted by Donald Macintyre under Latest News |
Here at the lowest place on earth, in 75 degree sunshine, Olga Alexarkin is sitting on a deckchair in bathing suit and gazing eastwards across the radiantly blue, imponderably deep, Dead Sea towards the Jordanian cliffs 11 miles away. In a moment she will plunge into the little waves thrown up by the desert breeze, and bob effortlessly on her back supported by the planet’s most buoyant water, so saturated with salt that it will sting scratches she never knew… more →
Not Looking Back – An excerpt from ‘Salt – A World History’ by Mark Kurlansky
| October 31, 2011 - 3 Cheshvan 5772 | Posted by Mark Kurlansky under Latest News |
Not Looking Back An excerpt from ‘Salt – A World History’ by Mark Kurlansky available from Amazon UK USA SOME 3,000 YEARS ago, wanting a capital in the commanding heights of the Judean hills, David conquered the fortress of Zion and built Jerusalem. Those heights have at times been a fortified high ground and at other times a peaceful gardened promenade. They offer, depending on the times, either a scenic or a strategic view of the region. Not only can… more →
Dead Sea Not So Dead, Divers Discover
| October 3, 2011 - 5 Tishrei 5772 | Posted by Amazing Planet under Latest News |
A diver, outfitted with special equipment designed to brave the salty conditions, is partially obscured by the murk of the Dead Sea. Credit: Christian Lott/ The Hydra Institute. For the first time, researchers have sent a diving expedition into the Dead Sea, where they uncovered freshwater springs issuing from massive craters in the seafloor, along with a menagerie of microbes. Both finds were a first for the world’s saltiest body of water, which is also the lowest spot on… more →
Dead Sea Quiz
| October 3, 2011 - 5 Tishrei 5772 | Posted by Graham under Latest News |
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Dead Sea in our new fun quiz. more →
