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These sinkholes have emerged as the Dead Sea recedes
They are a result of the shrinking salt lake
The water recedes about a metre (3 feet) every year, leaving behind underground salt deposits
This spa in Ein Gedi, Israel was once a popular vacation destination
This tourist complex, disfigured by craters, has turned into a ghost town
A date plantation was also abandoned
Israel and Jordan divert waters that flow into the Dead Sea for agriculture and drinking water
Chemical companies also extract minerals from the seawater
Climate change further accelerates evaporation
This lunar landscape was once covered by the briny Dead Sea
but since 1960, the famous body of water has lost a third of its surface area
The blue water recedes about a metre a year, leaving these gaping sinkholes behind, some reaching depths of 33 feet
This spa used to sit right next to the sea, but now it lies three kilometres away
Both Israel and Jordan have diverted the waters of the Jordan River for agriculture and drinking water
Chemical companies extracting minerals and climate change further accelerate evaporation
Scientists say the sea's gradual decline over the next 100 years is inevitable
DEAD SEA ISRAEL
In 1980, we examined aerial footage and there was not a single sinkhole in the area.
Today, we have more than 6.000 sinkholes along the coast of the Dead Sea.
There are sinkholes in other places in the world, but nowhere else do they spread as fast as here.
I am Eli Raz. geologist and biologist
the late '80s, the first sinkhole was reported.
How can the surface of the Earth collapse? There has to be space for it to fall into.
The ecological chain reaction could be devastating.
There are forms of life there that can't be found anywhere else in the world.
the whole ecological system is under threat of extinction
Israel and Jordan are making strides to budget the Red Sea-Dead Sea Conveyance
Over 200 kilometers (125 miles) of piping would be built in Jordan to transfer the water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea
The leftover brine (saline component removed from the original Red Sea water) would then be transferred north to the Dead Sea in order to stop the sea level decline
The Red Sea-Dead Sea project would set a high standard for peace among Israel and Jordan, who have maintained a peace agreement since 1994, as well as the Palestinians
Red Sea and Dead Sea brine have different chemical make ups. However, the Water Authority found that mixing the two will not change the unique benefits of the Dead Sea
Massive pumping could cause damage to the Gulf of Aqaba ecosystem, but studies have shown pumping below the photic zone would only cause marginal impacts to coral
One feasibility study concludes that cyanobacteria blooms will form when the two waters mix, which would impact tourism. The other says blooms won't form due to highly saline surface waters