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Dead Sea could dry up
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Dead Sea could dry up
Study warns that diversion, evaporation endanger ancient sea
By PETER ENAV Associated Press
Sunday, November 9, 2003
Jerusalem -- The Dead Sea is dying, and only a major engineering
effort can save it, Israel's Minister of the Environment says.
The Dead Sea gets its name from its heavy salt content, because no
aquatic creatures can live in it. Now there's a new "death threat" --
the Dead Sea is drying up and disappearing.
An Israeli TV reporter, illustrating the government report, stood
on a spot where, just 20 years ago, water met land. Now that point is
2,000 feet of ...
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