The Dead Sea Is Dying

Dead Sea on Death Bed
The rapid depletion of the Dead Sea is an environmental atrocity. The reason atrocity is used in comparison with what is occurring to the Dead Sea is, because humans are the problem. The first dilemma and by far the greatest is the diversion of 90 percent of the Jordan River for usage in Israel, Jordan, and Syria. The subsequent problem is pollution and the development of hotels, spas, and solar evaporation ponds in the local area around the Dead Sea. The last, but certainly not least, of the troubles for the Dead Sea is turmoil in the region.…