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The Dead Sea, a body of water sitting at the lowest point on Earth’s surface, has long been a source of intrigue for scientists and researchers. Its unique composition, with some of the highest salt concentrations on Earth, makes it a natural laboratory for studying salt deposits, or “salt giants.” A recent study published in the Annual Review of Fluid …

Giant sand mounds beneath the North Sea have puzzled scientists for years. Now, researchers have discovered that these mysterious structures were created by a geological process that has never been seen on such a huge scale. Seismic data and rock samples from the northern North Sea, off the coast of Norway, suggest that these miles-wide mounds sank millions of years …