Dead Sea an 'ecological disaster', but no one can agree how to fix it An abandoned lifeguard cabin, a rusty pier and mangled umbrellas are all that is left of Ein Gedi, once Israel's flagship beach ...

This has also caused the water table to drop ... a major problem in the area around the Dead Sea. Over time, the wearing away of the salt-rich rocks under the lake creates large underground ...

Introduction Half a century has now passed since a bedouin shepherd discovered a long-hidden cache of scrolls in a cave in cliffs above the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The details of that ...

A few years ago Ricardo Braz was scrolling through Instagram when he spotted a picture of a tiny island made of salt in the Dead Sea. He added ... 15-minute swim, salt water stung the eyes and ...

As you leave Jerusalem and go to the south and to the east, toward the Dead Sea, the terrain changes rapidly ... lumped together, under the category of the Sons of Darkness, and at some point ...

Many also believe that the Dead Sea (and its mud) has healing powers. Although that hasn't been proven, both the mud and the salty water have soothing effects on skin. While in the area ...

Ein Gedi, once a popular Dead Sea beach in Israel, lies abandoned due to dangerous sinkholes and the receding shoreline caused by climate change and industrial water use. Regional cooperation ...

"Regional cooperation is the key... to saving the Dead Sea," said Nadav Tal, a hydrologist and water officer for the Israel office of EcoPeace, a regional environmental nonprofit that has long ...

"Regional cooperation is the key ... to saving the Dead Sea," said Nadav Tal, a hydrologist and water officer for the Israel office of EcoPeace, a regional environmental nonprofit that has long ...