Dead Sea Dying: Threatening a Place of Global Significance

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The Dead Sea is experiencing a significant decline, with its water level dropping from 1,294 feet below sea level to 1,360 feet in less than 50 years. The area it covers has decreased by a third compared to a century ago, leading to situations where one can walk between Israel and Jordan due to low water levels. This phenomenon poses a serious threat to the Dead Sea's religious, historical, and environmental importance. The discussion highlights the challenges in addressing this crisis, emphasizing the broader implications of water diversion practices that are impacting lakes and seas globally. Concerns are raised about the classification of the Dead Sea's plight as a "disaster of global magnitude," questioning the severity of the situation compared to other potential global disasters.
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Throughout human history, the Dead Sea has amazed, healed, sheltered and soothed. But now the sea is dying. Or at least shrinking to an alarming extent.

In less than 50 years, the lowest point on Earth has dropped even lower - from 1,294 feet below sea level to 1,360 feet. The Dead Sea covers a third less area than it did a century ago; in some places there's so little water you could walk from the Israeli side to Jordan.

By all accounts, it is a disaster of global magnitude, threatening a place of vast religious, historic and environmental significance. Yet what to do about it is proving problematic. [continued]
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/10/20/Worldandnation/Trying_to_revive_the_.shtml
 
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I wonder what phrase the writer would use for a 1 mile asteroid hitting the Earth if this should be considered a "disaster of global magnitude"
 
Yah, why would this be such a global disaster?
 
and I thought the DEAD SEA was all ready dead

water diversion is killing many lakes/seas world wide
 
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