Saving the Dead Sea FULL SPECIAL | NOVA | PBS America

Since 1976, the Dead Sea’s level has dropped more than 100 feet, leaving its coastline pockmarked with thousands of sinkholes. NOVA follows the unprecedented endeavor to connect the Red Sea to the Dead Sea by way of a massive desalination plant - perhaps the world’s largest water chemistry experiment - as scientists race to save the Dead Sea and bring water to one of the driest regions on Earth.

Release Date: 04/24/2019

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[biancaswart]

I sincerely hope this joint project can somehow bridge differences and raise awareness for the importance and respect of life in this region.

[larrywalsh]

Ok, so we messed with the river that feeds the sea, so there's less water coming in, and we started mining the south and thus started increasing how much water the sea loses, oh my god, the sea is shrinking, how could this happen, who could have possibly predicted that the sea would shrink if we did things that make it lose water, oh, who could have seen this coming.
Humanity is so tragically, shockingly stupid.

[jwillisbarrie]

Thanks for adding actual captions for the Deaf - PBS was one of the first!

[joelledurben]

Thank you for putting the release date in the description :)

[Feathermason]

spent a few days last May at Dead Sea Hilton(Jordan)...beyond phenomenal..incredible staff, outstanding rooms, eats..sublime hospitality...bathing in its mud and then the sea was spiritually healing and physically rewarding...cant wait to return!

[gerryboudreaultboudreault]

"He's so old that he remembers when the Dead Sea was only sick"

[midbcmidbc]

We should be flooding unpopulated areas to store water and force it back into the water table and use it before it is lost to the oceans

[medidawedney]

This is nice documentary belongs only thousands of years than the other document ary bilions of years I can't believe

[jeremytaylor]

Instead of putting the brine directly into the dead sea it could go into a settling pond where it would be mixed 50/50 with dead sea water to precipitate gypsum, then the mixed brine could be injected into the ground about a kilometer away from the dead sea shore, allowing the brine to absorb natural minerals required by the dead sea.
This could also be done with the brine from the Mediterranean desalination plants. Thus giving plenty of brine to the dead sea.
Then the number of desalination plants on the Mediterranean could be increased reducing demand for Jordan water. A dam could restrict the flow out of the sea of Galilee allowing it to recover.
New nanotechnology filters can reduce the energy required for desalination by half allowing twice the water for the same cost.
The solutions are there if Israel has the will.

[normlor]

I LOVE PBS (MOUNTAIN LAKE) IN VERMONT!!

[AdamMeaney-zszw]

A canal from the Mediterranean too the dead sea is still easier than a moon equator based particle collider!

[Bekindloveis]

Excellent & well Researched documentary 👍🏻 kudos to your team 🙂

[paulcampbell]

As I understand it, the terrain makes a canal part of the way from the Red Sea to Dead Sea a possibility, but a pipeline would have to be used from the Mediterranean to Dead Sea. However, the drop to the Dead Sea could provide the pipe pressure for desalination to take place, making desalination very efficient, though fresh water would need to be pumped. Some of the ponds in the southern dead sea (about half of which are Jordanian?) could be diverted to producing sea salt using the brine. A major project still on the drawing board after decades of planning.

[normlor]

WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE SET OUR GOALS ON AND SAVING THIS IS PARAMOUNT AND SHOULD BE A WORLDWIDE EFFORT!!! IT COULD BE CONSIDERED ANOTHER "WONDER"!!!

[loveisallyouneed]

Yesterday was an 3.6 magnitude Earthquake in Northern Israel around the Sea of Galilee - just wate and see when this Big Earthquake will split the Mount of Olives til the Mediterrainen Sea - and i believe that Huge Water reservoirs under the Judean desert will also emerge through this Earthquake - with all this water, the dead Sea will come to Life again 🙏👑🌹💖🌷👑🙏

[AdamMeaney-zszw]

Go to the beach on the Mediterranean, dig down 450 or 500 feet and then you are under 450 feet of sea water, and standing at the level of the dead sea! Water is self leveling!

[brucepollard]

Have they considered using water from the Mediterranean Sea.

[konstantinhuwa]

33:56 are Lithium-, Beryllium- and Boron-ions also passing through the membranes? Because they are smaller, like OH- ions?

[fusherr]

Could they just fill the Dead Sea directly from the Mediterranean Sea?

[GenealogistBuchanan]

What about the option of bringing in Mediterranean sea water instead?