In the constellation of the world’s proposed engineering mega-projects, the Red-to-Dead Sea Canal has been a reliable source of speculative wonder for decades. The Dead Sea is evaporating, as the ...

JERUSALEM, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Israel on Wednesday published a draft law that aims to boost state revenues from a concession for extracting minerals from the Dead Sea as well as tackling its ...

The lowest point on Earth is becoming a cautionary tale for the rest of the world about the rapidly accelerating dangers of plastic pollution. The Press Service of Israel caught up with the authors of ...

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck southern Israel on Thursday morning, shaking the Dead Sea and Negev regions, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. The quake’s epicenter was ...

Recent measurements show it at approximately 439 meters below sea level, a drop of more than 1 meter per year. The Dead Sea now sits at its lowest recorded point in modern history, marking a dramatic ...

Highway 1 cuts across Israel from west to east, from the Mediterranean Sea to the edge of the Dead Sea, and then into the ...

The Dead Sea isn’t just the saltiest body of water on Earth—it’s a living laboratory for the formation of giant underground salt deposits. Researchers are unraveling how evaporation, temperature ...

How one of the region’s worst environmental disasters has become a popular tourist excursion ...