The Dead Sea is 'drying' rather than dying

The Dead Sea is not so much
 as dying, rather "drying".

No the Dead Sea is not dying; it’s drying. Well, more like shrinking, by 3 feet each year.

The Dead Sea—the lowest point on Earth at roughly 1,300 feet below sea level—is known for its high salt and mineral content and allowing swimmers to float effortlessly on the surface. The amount of space available for easy floating is shrinking.

The good news is it will probably never dry up completely, the BBC said. As the water level drops, the sea’s density and saltiness rise. Eventually the rate of evaporation will reach a kind of equilibrium and it will stop shrinking.

Just because the Dead Sea is not going to disappear entirely, though, doesn’t mean its shrinking isn’t a concern.

During World War I, according to the BBC, British engineers scratched initials on a rock to mark the sea’s level of water. Now, those marks are on a bone-dry towering rock.

Read the EcoWatch story - “The Dead Sea is Shrinking at Alarming Rate, a Record Low-Point for Earth.”