Monday, April 17, 2006

Dead Sea Is Dying

Environmentalists are warning that the world's saltiest sea and lowest point on the earth - the Dead Sea - threatened by a lack of fresh water, is dying. The Jordan river, technically diverted for use in agricultural and hydrolectric projects, is fed by the Dead Sea which is bordered by Israel, Jordan and the West Bank. Read about this ecological disaster that could pose the end of the Dead Sea within the next 50 years.

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