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 …
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The large-scale deposits of salt around the Dead Sea, known as salt giants, are built up as the lake’s highly saline water evaporates, and a new study of their formation has revealed some of the secrets of these mounds of halite. That’s exciting for geologists, because salt giants can be found in several other places, including under the Mediterranean Sea. …
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article A crew member on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise liner, has died after going overboard near San Salvador Island in the Bahamas. The ship docked at the Port of Miami on Jan. 11, 2024. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sent A crew member on the world’s largest cruise liner has died after going overboard on …
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Expand FILE PHOTO MIAMI — The Icon Of The Seas cruise ship was on its way back to PortMiami on Friday night after one crew member died and another was injured. According to CruiseMapper, the Royal Caribbean International-operated cruise ship was set to return at PortMiami at 6 a.m. on Saturday. The voyage started on July 19 and included stops …
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