Visitors often ask, “Why does the Dead Sea let you float?” The answer is simple. It’s because of the unique mix of density, ...

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 ...

Nir Arielli’s rigorous history, The Dead Sea, ranges over millennia of the landscape’s paradoxes, conflicts and botanic ...

Isolated bodies of water can also become extra salty, or hypersaline, through evaporation. The Dead Sea in the Middle East is an example of this. The high salt content increases the water's density, ...

Darren Peattie put everything into his dream of building a sea salt company When Darren Peattie decided to revive the 200-year-old salt harvesting industry in a Fife coastal village he was ...

Scientists have discovered "white smokers" — towering salt "chimneys" spewing clouds of shimmering fluid — on the bottom of the Dead Sea. And they appear to be harbingers of destruction.

the salt causes you to float effortlessly on the surface. Many also believe that the Dead Sea (and its mud) has healing powers. Although that hasn't been proven, both the mud and the salty water ...

According to the pros, three main salts are used in salt scrubs: sea salt, Himalayan pink salt, and Epsom salt. They vary in origin, coarseness, and benefits, but regardless of which one you opt for, ...

AMMAN — Do you know that the salt from the Dead Sea not only keeps people buoyant but also plays a critical role in agriculture worldwide due to its high potassium content? Potassium is a vital ...