Thursday 4 November 2021

Environment

Dead Sea Shrinking

A spectacular expanse of water in the desert, flanked by cliffs to east and west, the Dead Sea has lost a third of its surface area since 1960. The blue water recedes about a metre every year, leaving behind a lunar landscape whitened by salt and perforated with gaping sinkholes. So is the Dead Sea doomed to evaporate? Scientists say its decline is inevitable for at least the next 100 years. Sinkholes will keep spreading over the century.



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