the lower Jordan River’s main tributary. Since then, the Dead Sea has declined dramatically. It needs an infusion of 160 billion gallons of water annually to maintain its current size ...

That extraction, plus a reduction in the inflow of water from the Jordan River, has led the Dead Sea to dry up in recent decades. A 2022 Israeli government report said that since 1980, the sea has ...

In fact, the Dead Sea, nestled where Israeli ... by decades of water diversions from the sea's main source -- the Jordan ...

the Jordan River is nobody's idea of peace on Earth. From its rowdy headwaters near the war-scarred slopes of Mount Hermon to the foamy, coffee-colored sludge at the Dead Sea some 200 miles ...

The Dead Sea, a natural wonder bordering Israel ... and the diversion of the Jordan River. With conflict in the region, international cooperation is difficult, but is there any hope for saving ...