Thursday July 12, 2012, 7:01 pm
Noted . thanks !!

Thursday July 12, 2012, 8:57 pm
... due to water diversions from the Jordan River. Perhaps it is these that should be addressed, for an environmentally friendly solution.

Thursday July 12, 2012, 10:08 pm
Thanks.

Friday July 13, 2012, 2:07 am
noted

Friday July 13, 2012, 6:24 am
Thnks Cal!

Friday July 13, 2012, 7:35 am
This is just one more disaster facing the world. Soon it will be too late for us. We need to wake up and DO something to help our poor ailing world and ourselves. Instead in our greed we rush to destroy the forests that give us oxygen and pollute the very water that gives life to the planet. What is wrong with people?

Friday July 13, 2012, 9:47 am
been there twice, what a shame
so many biological secrets to have been revealed.
thanks Cal,noted.

Friday July 13, 2012, 10:25 am
With hope, the World Bank will help alter this situation.

Friday July 13, 2012, 10:54 am
Thank you for sharing.

Friday July 13, 2012, 11:00 am
Thanks for the article

Friday July 13, 2012, 12:55 pm
Unless they stop diverting water the Dead Sea will slowly disappear.

Friday July 13, 2012, 1:02 pm
noted-thanks

Friday July 13, 2012, 1:16 pm
""Ecology is like a chain," he says, "you don't know what will happen in the future after hurting one link in the chain today."

Would that THIS idea could somehow be worked into the consciousness of every living soul on the planet, even those some of us suspect have no soul, like the Koch brothers. Would even this make a dent in their dollars before people thinking? Because this, of all the things they profess to believe, IS gospel.

Friday July 13, 2012, 1:20 pm
This is truly terrible. Thank you for sharing.

Friday July 13, 2012, 1:27 pm
that sea's level is dropping and the ocean's is rising--more evidence of significant climate changes to address and prepare for

Friday July 13, 2012, 1:35 pm
the question is "who is taking all of the water?"

http://thecepr.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=115%3Aillegal-israeli-settlements&catid=6%3Amemos&Itemid=34

Resources: Settlements are the cause of great inequalities in access to natural resources between Israelis and Palestinians. Many settlements are built on prime agricultural land confiscated from Palestinians, or on key water resources such as the Western Aquifer basin, springs and wells. Israeli West Bank settlers consume an amazing 280 liters of water per day per person compared to 86 liters per day available for Palestinians in the West Bank - only 60 of which are considered potable. The World Health Organization recommends a minimum of 100 liters per day – meaning that settlers use far more than double the water required, while Palestinians do not even approach the minimum. Palestine Monitor

http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2012/2012-03-21-01.html

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 21, 2012 (ENS) - Palestinians are losing access to water sources in the West Bank as Israeli settlers take over springs. The settlers use threats, intimidation and fences to ensure control of water sources near the settlements, finds a new United Nations survey released today.

Thirty of the springs were found to be under full settler control, with no Palestinian access to the area, according to the assessment carried by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs over the course of the past year.

Friday July 13, 2012, 2:37 pm
Who of us is tired of the constant barrage of information saying this environment is dying and this animal species is nearly extinct.. The few people with the money and power are laughing at us. Instead of another tragic story.. put up the pics and names of the Ranchers, Hunters, Company Bosses, Politicians etc that are feeding this destruction.. Name and shame them.. The old way doesn't work..

Friday July 13, 2012, 2:47 pm
Does this surprise me NOT in the least humans kill everything they get close to because all of us are so self involved that theycould care less about nature.

IF WE DON'T STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES THERE WILL BE NO ROSES TO SMELL AND NO HUMANS TO SMELL THEM AND THAT IS A FACT!!!

Friday July 13, 2012, 2:57 pm
Here's to hoping more water can be drawn from the Mediterranean and desalinated. That, and that moisture-capture in the south can be improved with the forestation projects.

Friday July 13, 2012, 3:25 pm
They are studying what is the proper way to resolve this "problem". By the time they have a plan that is workable, the dead sea will no longer exist! Same as the moronic global warming deniers! These will be the same people who believe in a "god" without proof and deny cold hard SCIENTIFIC FACTS! boy are they going to get a wake up call. It will NOT BE FROM GOD! it will come from the famines and weather catastrophes to come. I wish I were wrong but am afraid it is too late to put in the corrections so desperately needed!

Friday July 13, 2012, 3:42 pm
It is up to all of us citizens of Earth to stop eating animals. We are links in the chain, and once the forests are cleared, the air and soils dry out and heat up the atmosphere, the domino effect occurs, and more and more lives are lost, more elements deadened, polluted, wasted. We are to learn respect and reverence for all life and that which sustains everything. Money does not sustain anything, it is a higher source that too many people ignore at the peril of all.

Friday July 13, 2012, 3:56 pm
When I was there in the 1990's this was already an issue. As usual, humans take far too long to do something. They should have studied the proper way to resolve the problem back in the 90's, why wait til now?

Friday July 13, 2012, 5:04 pm
Thanks Cal and noted. Another change in and on the planet as we humans know it presently. We've certainly caused many of the drastic & negative changes, though change is simply inevitable.

Friday July 13, 2012, 5:39 pm
Thanks for story--shocked!!! Knew tings were bad but never realised they were as bad as they obviously are!I don't understand the human race--how they have the capacity to be so intellegent but are so blind and greedy! So sad.

Friday July 13, 2012, 7:06 pm
scary

Friday July 13, 2012, 7:06 pm
scary

Friday July 13, 2012, 8:35 pm
They should allow more sea water to flow in the Dead Sea to raise its water level.

Saturday July 14, 2012, 12:25 am
This is scary, what's happening to the world?

Saturday July 14, 2012, 1:37 am
Thanks for the article.!!

Saturday July 14, 2012, 2:14 am
Billions and billions are wasted to support greedy bankers when they committed bad speculations! Now please use these vast sums finally to develop and apply methods for the rescue of our earth!

Saturday July 14, 2012, 4:37 am
All is because the Joran river was diverted. This must be stopped.

Saturday July 14, 2012, 5:34 am
noted...the world is becoming a very sad place to live...it seems they are always trying to find ways to make a damn dollar, yet we are killing wildlife, animals, and natural habitat to supposedly make progress!!!!!!REALLY????? We are only destroying our world, not making it better.....LEAVE IT ALONE!!!!!!!

Saturday July 14, 2012, 8:04 am
SCARY THIS IS :-(

Saturday July 14, 2012, 8:05 am
noted

Saturday July 14, 2012, 12:55 pm
thanks Cal and to the person selling things NOBODY WANTS YOUR SHIT!!!!

Saturday July 14, 2012, 12:56 pm
i also noted it

Saturday July 14, 2012, 1:16 pm
thx for the info!

Saturday July 14, 2012, 4:38 pm
Scary !

Saturday July 14, 2012, 5:05 pm
noted - thanks for sharing

Saturday July 14, 2012, 6:59 pm
Thanks so much, but we can only pry to human being open their mind and consciuosness , now already too late and I unfortunatelly don't see many signs on this happening........thanks fo the task of informing things that most of the time, we have little chance to know.

Sunday July 15, 2012, 7:31 am
Hey everyone ... it's time to wake up. We are destroying our planet the only home we have. Where do we go after everything is destroyed? Let's think about it seriously.