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Why The Dead Sea Is So Salty - According To Scientists

The Dead Sea sits at the lowest point on Earth's land surface, approximately 1,412 feet below sea level. This unique location exists within the Jordan Rift Valley, a long depression created by ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Firefighting Planes Are Dumping Ocean Water on the Los Angeles Fires—Why Using Saltwater Is Typically a Last Resort

In Los Angeles, “Super Scooper” planes are dumping ocean water on the raging wildfires. But using seawater has downsides Patrick Megonigal, Associate Director of Research, Smithsonian Environmental ...
Yahoo

Here is why California can’t use ocean water to help fight the wildfires

Fire officials in Los Angeles have run into a serious snag while trying to contain the nearly half-dozen blazes threatening the city - questions about the water supply. "Those hydrants are typical for ...
Futurism

Why Doesn’t LA Just Put the Fires Out Using Ocean Water?

As the city takes stock of the wreckage, firefighters are still battling several wildfires in the Los Angeles region — and the path of destruction is enormous. An extremely dry 2024 — inextricable at ...

Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires − why using saltwater is typically a last resort

Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 have been hampered by a ...