The Dead Sea once died once

A recent study shows that the Dead Sea completely disappeared about 120,000 years ago because of the temperature in the Middle East soared.

>>>The Dead Sea is 'dying' slowly

The Dead Sea is the lake with the highest salt concentration and is also the lowest area on the earth's surface. Located between Jordan, Israel and Palestine, the Dead Sea is an ideal holiday destination for travelers because even though they cannot swim, they are never sunk due to the high salinity.

Professor Moti Stein, a geographer of the University of Jerusalem in Israel, and several international scientists drill many holes into the sediment of the Dead Sea to learn about the great events that happened to the lake in millions. last year. They found that the Dead Sea water had been exhausted some 120,000 years ago due to skyrocketing temperatures in the Middle East, leading to drought, Telegraph said.

The team predicted that the Dead Sea could disappear again if the Middle East experienced a long drought. The Jordan River - the river that supplies the Dead Sea fresh water - is increasingly narrowed as people take water to irrigate fields. So the amount of fresh water flowing into the Dead Sea also decreased. The team thinks that today the Dead Sea water level drops by one meter per year. Other studies show that the water level in the Dead Sea has dropped by 25m over the past 40 years.

'I can say that the combination of climate change and human-induced changes around the Dead Sea can lead to disaster. After the Dead Sea completely depleted 120,000 years ago, it revived because fresh water continued to flow into the lake. Now that humans have blocked the supply of the Dead Sea's fresh water, the water will not be able to return , 'Stein said.

The professor identified the only way to protect the Dead Sea was to stop blocking its freshwater flow. But he also warned that it could adversely affect freshwater supplies of many countries in the region.