The large-scale deposits of salt around the Dead Sea, known as salt giants, are built up as the lake's highly saline water evaporates, and a new study of their formation has revealed some of the ...

Recent measurements show it at approximately 439 meters below sea level, a drop of more than 1 meter per year. The Dead Sea now sits at its lowest recorded point in modern history, marking a dramatic ...

The Dead Sea is a saltwater terminal lake — a lake with no outflow. (Courtesy photo) The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on the earth’s surface, with one of the ...

The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on Earth's land surface, with one of the world's highest salinities. The high concentration of salt gives it a ...

Wrapped in warm sweaters and kitted out in hiking boots, the small group chatted and laughed before setting out on an ...

The Dead Sea is shrinking, and as it recedes, the fresh water aquifers along the perimeter of the lake are receding along with it. As this fresh water diffuses into salt deposits beneath the surface ...

The Dead Sea isn’t just the saltiest body of water on Earth—it’s a living laboratory for the formation of giant underground salt deposits. Researchers are unraveling how evaporation, temperature ...

Nov. 21, 2005 — -- People travel from all over the world to slather themselves in nutrient-rich mud from Israel's Dead Sea. Legend says it was the Queen of Sheba who first believed in the ...

The future of the Dead Sea appears to be moving in a quieter direction than many earlier warnings suggested. New long term ...

The discovery of salt giants in the Dead Sea—formed from a perfect mixture of conditions in the terminal lake—presents a prime opportunity to study how these geological formations coalesce.