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 confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on the earth’s surface, with one of the world’s highest salinities. The high concentration of salt gives it a correspondingly ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...