The Dead Sea’s shoreline is sinking by a meter a year, and it is feared that it will literally ”dry up” by the year 2050 – unless immediate efforts are made to save what many are calling one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.… Read the rest of this article…
Early on a recent weekday morning, three busloads of ultra-Orthodox Jewish women from Jerusalem debarked at a private beach near this tiny Israeli settlement along the Dead Sea shore. They filed down a series of wooden walkways and steps — which are constantly being extended as the waters recede — that protect visitors from the slippery newly exposed mud.… Read the rest of this article…
Meanwhile, the best available data reports for the modelling studies of the Red Sea and the Dead Sea have been completed as scheduled and are currently being examined by stakeholders.
“The best available data reports were received on time from the two consulting firms and are now under review and comment by the three governments, the panel of experts and the World Bank,” McPhail, a water and sanitation specialist, said in a statement sen via e-mail on Monday.… Read the rest of this article…
