The Dead Sea is a confluence of extraordinary conditions: the lowest point on Earth's land surface, with one of the world's ...

Discover how the Dead Sea, Earth's lowest and saltiest lake, continues to build massive underground salt formations.

The Dead Sea is an extraordinary natural laboratory, providing rare insights into the formation of large-scale salt formations known as salt giants. A recent study led by UC Santa Barbara’s Eckart ...

New UCSB research on the dead sea, how device type influences digital access and equity, and river channel patterns ...

The Dead Sea is one of the most unusual places on Earth. Located at the lowest point on the planet’s surface and known for ...

The banks of the Dead Sea are the lowest point on dry land but not the deepest point on Earth's surface. That distinction ...

Researchers have discovered meter-high chimneys on the floor of the Dead Sea. These are formed by the spontaneous crystallization of minerals from groundwater with an extremely high salt content ...

Back at the Dead Sea, bus driver Benny, 40, was soaking up the winter sun at one of the warm sulfur-infused sinkhole pools. "The situation is very frustrating," he said about the sea's new topography.