Spectacular Salt Chimneys Discovered In The Dead Sea
Siebert and his team have been researching how the dynamics of the groundwater system in this region are changing and how ...
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How a photographer captured this bizarre salt island in the Dead Sea
A few years ago Ricardo Braz was scrolling through Instagram when he spotted a picture of a tiny island made of salt in the Dead Sea. He added it to his bucket list. In December the 24-year-old ...
Researchers find meter-high mineral chimneys in the Dead Sea, a potential sinkhole warning
These chimneys resemble hydrothermal chimneys discovered in oceanic ridges, but "the system is completely different," ...
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White Smokers - Sinkhole Sentinels Discovered in the Dead Sea
Scientists have identified mineral formations on the floor of the Dead Sea that could warn of oncoming sinkholes. | Earth And ...
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Why is the sea salty?
Isolated bodies of water can also become extra salty, or hypersaline, through evaporation. The Dead Sea in the Middle East is an example of this. The high salt content increases the water's density, ...
White smokers on the lake floor: Spectacular chimneys discovered in the Dead Sea
In an interdisciplinary research project coordinated by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), researchers ...
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Spectacular chimneys discovered in the Dead Sea
Researchers have discovered meter-high chimneys on the floor of the Dead Sea. These are formed by the spontaneous crystallization of minerals from groundwater with an extremely high salt content ...