Dead Sea's Water Level Receding Fast

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December 25, 20061:00 PM ET

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LINDA GRADSTEIN

The Dead Sea is receding by a meter a year, and some fear it might soon disappear. Israeli and Jordanian environmentalists are trying to work together to save a Middle East landmark.

MADELEINE BRAND, host:

This is DAY TO DAY from NPR News. I'm Madeleine Brand.

The Dead Sea is considered one of the world's cultural and ecological treasures. And while it's not technically dead, it is dying, drying up. In the last 50 years, the water level has shrunk by more than a third. That is a concern for Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians.

NPR's Linda Gradstein reports.

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