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The Vanishing of Earth Resources … EYE Report
Monday, April 4, 2011 22:31
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The Dead Sea Is Disappearing, scientists analyze sinkholes and how mixing waters might alter the sea
April 4, 2011The surface of the Dead Sea, already 424 meters below sea level, is falling by a meter a year. Jordanians to the east, Israelis to the west, and Syrians and Lebanese to the north are pumping so much freshwater from the Jordan River that almost none reaches the sea any more. Israel and Jordan are also siphoning water from the lake to extract valuable minerals, hastening the decline.
