The Dead Sea is dying. These beautiful, ominous photos show the impact : The Picture Show Its water level is dropping. Big sinkholes are swallowing up whole tracts of land around it.

People visit sinkholes on the shore of the Dead Sea near Ein Gedi beach, Israel on Aug. 6, 2023. Statistics showed that the Dead Sea had been shrinking at an alarming pace, its water level ...

But the Dead Sea is dying. The lake level is dropping 4 feet every single year. ... Israeli and Jordanian companies pump out and evaporate Dead Sea water to harvest its rich minerals for export.

Its water level is dropping. Big sinkholes are swallowing up whole tracts of land around it. Here is why a disaster is unfolding at the Middle East's iconic salt lake.

Gregory, a recent immigrant from Russia, floats in the Dead Sea at a beach connected to an Israeli hotel resort on Nov. 10. The water of the lake is so full of salt that bathers float right to the ...

The Dead Sea is ancient. The history of its salty, therapeutic waters goes back to the Bible. But this natural wonder is rapidly drying up, even changing the land around it. NPR's Daniel Estrin ...

The water level is dropping close to 4 feet every year. ... Plus, Israeli and Jordanian companies evaporate Dead Sea water to harvest its rich minerals for export.

Its water level is dropping. Big sinkholes are swallowing up whole tracts of land around it. ... Israeli and Jordanian companies evaporate Dead Sea water to harvest its rich minerals for export.

But today the Dead Sea is dying, and its banks are collapsing. The water level is dropping close to 4 feet every year. The main part of the lake is now around 950 feet deep — about 15% shallower ...