Dead Sea's salt giants reveal how massive salt deposits form over time
Sunday, July 20, 2025 - 12:31
in Earth & Climate
The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on Earth's surface, with one of the world's highest salinities. The high concentration of salt gives it a correspondingly high density, and the water body's status as the deepest hypersaline lake gives rise to interesting and often temperature-related phenomena below the water's surface that researchers are still uncovering.