In the lowest place on Earth, a sea is rapidly dying — and no one can agree how to save it

As humans deplete its water source and climate change accelerates, the Dead Sea is drying up, leaving salt formations and ...
The Times of Israel

Environment Ministry unveils old-new plan to slow demise of Dead Sea

Subject to Israeli and Jordanian approval, project would desalinate Mediterranean seawater using hydroelectricity, sell ...
Time

Can an Unlikely Middle East Pact Give Life to the Dead Sea?

19 Nov 2013, Amman, Jordan --- (131119) -- AMMAN, Nov. 19, 2013 (Xinhua) -- Bathers swim in the Dead Sea in Jordan on Nov. 19, 2013. (Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

The 35-minute miracle: Inside Jerusalem’s best-kept Dead Sea escape

From the heart of the city to the lowest and most healing place on Earth, it is a mere 35-minute trip. For those of us navigating the hilly, stone-clad rhythm of Jerusalem, the “East” often feels like ...
The Jordan Times on MSN

Prime minister inaugurates Dead Sea Corniche, tourist beach projects

AMMAN — Prime Minister Jafar Hassan on Saturday inaugurated the Dead Sea Corniche and tourist beach projects, marking the Kingdom's 80th Independence Day, according to a Prime Ministry ...