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Scientists Discover Unusual Formations in the Depths of the Dead Sea
This find is part of a broader international effort to study the Dead Sea’s geology and climate history. Drilling projects reaching depths of 1,200 meters below sea level are underway to uncover ...
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Discovery of Dead Sea chimneys may predict geological shifts
The Dead Sea, being a closed basin, has been losing water for years due to drought, heat, and agricultural exploitation, causing its level to drop by about 1 metre annually. Unique formations on ...
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Thermohaline stratification and double diffusion diapycnal fluxes in the hypersaline Dead Sea
Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 61, No. 4 (2016), pp. 1214-1231 (18 pages) The Dead Sea is a hypersaline terminal lake, experiencing negative water balance, increasing salinity, and NaCl (halite) ...
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How a photographer captured this bizarre salt island in the Dead Sea
A few years ago Ricardo Braz was scrolling through Instagram when he spotted a picture of a tiny island made of salt in the Dead Sea. He added it to his bucket list. In December the 24-year-old ...