A few years ago Ricardo Braz was scrolling through Instagram when he spotted a picture of a tiny island made of salt in the Dead Sea. He added it to his bucket list. In December the 24-year-old ...
All phenomena, mysterious or known, occurring on the Earth’s surface are fundamentally a chain of reactions. By the same token, scientists have discovered strange chimneys spewing clouds of ...
The high salt content increases the water's density, which is why people float in the Dead Sea more easily than in the ocean. This effect is seen in other hypersaline bodies of water as well, such as ...