The Dead Sea

Evaporation of the Dead Sea. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Rains, steam, and everything in between

A comparison between the level of evaporation in the current Dead Sea compared to the ancient period, may help in understanding the climate that existed in our region, in the past
The historical partial terraces in the Jordan Valley. Illustration: Prof. Yigal Aral, Hebrew University

The beginning of the agricultural revolution - the National Science Foundation

Dust that came from the Sahara and Saudi Arabia about 11,000 years ago - contributed to the development of agriculture in the Jordan Valley
A sinkhole not far from Ein Gedi on the shores of the Dead Sea. Illustration: depositphotos.com

To transfer the salt: the installation that breathes life into the sea of ​​death

On the day we go to the "Mitzvah HaBolani", we will enlist in the "Climate Corps" and obey the safety instructions of the "Salt Brigade": a unique installation offers to think about the disturbing fate of the Dead Sea through an interactive journey between sites in the future
Illustration: depositphotos.com

Is the answer to understanding the climate crisis found in the depths of the Dead Sea?

A group of Israeli geologists has been investigating the deep layers of the Dead Sea for the last decade, with the aim of uncovering the climatic history of the area and producing local and global climatic forecasts. The conclusions of the studies may illuminate the
The Dead Sea. FROM PIXABAY.COM

Why should a canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea be opposed?

The coastline of the Dead Sea. Photo: shutterstock

The Sea Canal disaster returns again

The Dead Sea. Photo: Itamar Grinberg / israeltourism.

a dying sea

The Dead Sea in satellite photography. Source: NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and US/Japan ASTER Science Team.

The pollution in the Dead Sea can be seen from space

There is life in sinkholes

The drilling rig from which the core was mined. Source: Prof. Motti Stein - The Hebrew University.

The Dead Sea records global climate changes in the last 200 thousand years 

The water level in the southern part of the Dead Sea is constantly rising due to human activity, which is the use by the countries of the region of the water of the Jordan River and the production of potash in the Dead Sea factories. Photo: israeltourism, Flickr

Harvest time has come

Ein Evrona Nature Reserve, April 2, 2015. Photo: Ministry of Environmental Protection

The dying lake - from Ein Gedi to Ein Evrona

A cliff near the Dead Sea. Photo: shutterstock

Who will save the springs?

Alternatives to the Sea Canal. From the website of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the current plan (2019) the canal will pass entirely through Jordanian territory, but very close to the border.

The Leader of Peace - War on the Environment (update and details)

Dead Sea hotels, the morning of March 16, 2012. Photo by Avi Blizovsky (from the balcony of a room at the Meridian Hotel)

The opinions of the Dead Sea - an attempt to offer a solution

Alternatives to the Sea Canal. From the website of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the current plan (2019) the canal will pass entirely through Jordanian territory, but very close to the border.

The Sea Canal - postponement?

Alternatives to the Sea Canal. From the website of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the current plan (2019) the canal will pass entirely through Jordanian territory, but very close to the border.

"On trains, canals and ports"

Dr. Mordechai Stein from the Earth Research Institute at the Hebrew University while drilling in the Dead Sea

The Dead Sea: A Warning from the Past

Dead Sea hotels, the morning of March 16, 2012. Photo by Avi Blizovsky (from the balcony of a room at the Meridian Hotel)

A lament for the dying! Long live the "Salt Plain"

A researcher who dives in the Dead Sea. Photo: courtesy Dr. Manfred Schlosser, Max Planck Institute

Dead Sea? not exactly

The Phobos Grunt spacecraft lands on Phobos, at least in an early rendering by the Russian space agency

Mirror mirror in space, who is the biggest space power?

The inclusion of divers in the research was an important element in sampling water from the source of the spring to calculate the flow rate, in understanding the structure of the flow and the nature of the source of the spring.

Living springs were discovered in the Dead Sea

Eilat airport. From Wikipedia

A solution to hardships

The Dead Sea - a view from space

The salt harvest...

Sinkhole in the Dead Sea. Photographed by Eliezer Schwartz, Jerusalem. From: Wikipedia

Comprehensive scientific drilling in the Dead Sea

A view from the Arava road in the Elifaz area. From Wikipedia

The minister for "deprivation" of the Arava

Sinkhole in the Dead Sea. Photographed by Eliezer Schwartz, Jerusalem. From: Wikipedia

The Dead Sea - a proposal for a (partial) solution

Sinkhole in the Dead Sea. Photographed by Eliezer Schwartz, Jerusalem. From: Wikipedia

Dead Sea Park - make friends with cancer?

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Locate the sinkholes while they are still small

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Tales of Naot Hekhar Part III - Flood

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Memories from Manot HaKer - fish stories

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Neot HaKer - memories from the desert. Part a'

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

To save the Dead Sea, right?

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Is the canal a blessing or a cry for generations?

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Sea Canal benefit or harm?