Lying in Jordan's Rift Valley, it is the world's saltiest sea and authorities have come up with an ambitious plan to pump water - through a pipeline from the Red Sea - to top it up.
Oh well. I suppose the Sea is better Red than Dead...
Sunday, October 10, 2010
A Slogan From My Childhood
A BBC News video informs us about efforts to prevent the Dead Sea from drying up completely by 2050 as various consumers of water use more and more, lowering the level of the sea perilously close to empty. The article's headline is "Dead Sea to be topped up by Red Sea water":
Oh well. I suppose the Sea is better Red than Dead...
Oh well. I suppose the Sea is better Red than Dead...
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GROAN!
ReplyDeleteWill it become the "Dreaded Sea"?
ReplyDeleteJust asking...
jams, bryan...
ReplyDeleteBryan - as empty as it is, it probably won't be dreadful anytime soon.
jams - thanks!