Earth’s Lowest Point The Dead Sea, often termed nature’s paradox, holds the title of being the lowest point on Earth's ...

Did you know the Dead Sea is incredibly salty, with 342 grams of salt per kilogram? That’s about 34.2% salt, making it ten times saltier than regular ocean water. Located 1,388 feet below 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 ...

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, ...

The increasingly exposed shoreline and the sinkholes, caused by a flow of freshwater dissolving layers of salt beneath the Earth's surface, are not new. In fact, the Dead Sea, nestled where Israeli, ...

AGAINST the stunning backdrop of the Dead Sea—the lowest point on earth—the internationally acclaimed Dead Sea Marathon has established itself as a unique event for runners from Israel and around the ...