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The main reason why the Dead Sea is about to disappear is that ----
The Dead Sea is a place of mystery: the lowest surface
on earth, the purported sites of Sodom and Gomorrah,
a supposed font of curative waters and, despite its
name, a treasure trove of unusual microbial life. Yet
its future is anything but a mystery. After centuries of
stability – owing to a delicate equilibrium between
freshwater supply from the Jordan River and
evaporation under the relentless Middle Eastern
sun – the sea is now disappearing. Jordanians to the
east, Israelis to the west and Syrians and Lebanese to
the north are pumping so much freshwater from the
river catchment that almost none reaches the sea.
Israel and Jordan are also siphoning water from the
Dead Sea to extract valuable minerals, hastening the
decline. Thousands of sinkholes have formed in the
receding sea’s wake, curtailing tourism and
development along the border because no one can
predict where the next gaping hole will suddenly open,
potentially swallowing buildings, roads or people.
Concerned over losing a valuable natural and cultural
resource, officials from Israel, Jordan and the
Palestinian Authorities have proposed an enormous
conveyor system that would steadily refill the Dead Sea
with water from the Red Sea to the south. Scientists are
testing how the mixing of the waters might affect the
lake’s chemistry and biology.