Dead Sea evaporates as global warming ramps up

As much as some deny the existence of global warming, the Dead Sea, like Lake Tuz in Turkey, begs to differ. The bodies of water are gradually evaporating, leaving behind nothing but dusty ground.

Visitors explore a salt formation in the Dead Sea near Ein Bokek, Israel, Oct. 30, 2021.

The ground surrounding an abandoned date grove is damaged by sinkholes near the Dead Sea, in Ein Gedi, Israel, Oct. 30, 2021.

Visitors bathe in the Dead Sea near Ein Bokek, Israel, Oct. 30, 2021.

A cracked road stands abandoned due to the phenomenon of sinkholes at the Dead Sea in Ein Gedi, Oct. 30, 2021.

Pipes feed water into an artificial basin near the Dead Sea, Oct. 30, 2021.

Visitors bathe in the Dead Sea near Ein Bokek, Oct. 30, 2021.

An aerial picture shows land that used to be covered with Dead Sea water, near Jericho in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Nov. 1, 2021.

A mask covered in Dead Sea salt, left behind by a littering visitor, lies on the ground on the shore of the Dead Sea near Ein Bokek, Oct. 30, 2021.

A sinkhole lays exposed near the shore of the Dead Sea in Ein Gedi, Oct. 30, 2021.

Sinkholes of various sizes lay exposed on the shore of the Dead Sea, Oct. 30, 2021.

Sinkholes of various sizes lay exposed on the shore of the Dead Sea, Oct. 30, 2021.

Sinkholes and a salt plain lay exposed, due to the reduced water level of the Dead Sea, Oct. 30, 2021.