The discovery of salt giants in the Dead Sea—formed from a perfect mixture of conditions in the terminal lake—presents a prime opportunity to study how these geological formations coalesce.

The large-scale deposits of salt around the Dead Sea, known as salt giants, are built up as the lake's highly saline water evaporates, and a new study of their formation has revealed some of the ...

Wrapped in warm sweaters and kitted out in hiking boots, the small group chatted and laughed before setting out on an ...

In an interdisciplinary project coordinated by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), researchers have discovered meter-high salt chimneys on the floor of the Dead Sea. Chimney-like ...

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 ...

See what's happening to the body of water. EIN GEDI, ISRAEL -- There are more than 3,000 sinkholes on the banks of the Dead Sea -- and they're multiplying exponentially, according to environmentalists ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The discovery of salt giants in the Dead Sea—formed from a perfect mixture of conditions in the terminal lake—presents a prime opportunity to study ...

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 ...