Ecologists warn the Dead Sea may live up to its name and dry up

The Dead Sea is drying up at an average rate of 1.2 metres per year and ecologists warn that it may disappear, writes Rob Ludgate in Israel.

THE Dead Sea is living up to its name and may soon become just that — ecologists are warning that the unique site may soon disappear due to rapidly falling water levels.

The world’s saltiest body of water, renowned for its extreme buoyancy, is drying up at an average rate of 1.2 metres per year.