Mer Morte en danger

18/09/2018

Will the Dead Sea have completely disappeared in a century? It is emptied a little more each year under the effect of overexploitation of the Jordan, the river that feeds it. To try to remedy this, a project a little crazy plans to connect it by a large channel to the Red Sea 180km away. It is a monument in danger ...Its waters recede by one meter each year ...Leaving behind them a soil that collapses and these gigantic craters that make perilous access tourists to beaches that line the sea ... Shotlist recent material on Dead Sea graphics of a tunnel AMBIANCE - Guy DUNENFELD - Engineer, Tamar Regional Council (Israel) "This is where the first crater is opened, just at the roadside ..."+"And look at this one, it's at least 6m deep ..." From the sky, the impression of flying over an earthquake landscape ... Guy Dunenfeld is responsible for following the evolution of the disaster for the town hall ... GUY DUNENFIELD -"We have to open our eyes very wide, because the craters sometimes open in just a few seconds ... There are not really any warning signs" Everywhere the ground is fractured, and what was a tourist village was literally engulfed ... GUY DUNENFIELD -"Here is a very lively campsite ... Today, as you can see, there is nothing left ..."+"It's a shame because the Dead Sea is a unique place, there is only one sea like this in the world" These craters appeared because of the falling sea level ...By retiring, it leaves behind these salt plates that creep into the basement and then dissolve, winter comes, when the rains flow under the ground ... In the space of 50 years, the Dead Sea has lost a third of its total area ...