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epa04990673 YEARENDER 2015 FEATURE PACKAGES..(04/16) A researcher from the Isareli Geological Institute of Limnological Research measures the Dead Sea depth from a rope covered with salt while sailing on the research ship 'Taglit' (Discovery) during their monthly research of the Dead Sea water level near the Dead Sea coastal resort of Ein Gedi, Israel, 20 October 2014. According to media reports, the Dead Sea water level is dropping with an average of one meter per year since the first water level measurements in 1927. EPA/ABIR SULTAN PLEASE REFER TO ADVISORY NOTICE (epa04547210) FOR FULL FEATURE TEXT

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epa04547223 (13/16) A view of an old buoy floating in the center of the Dead Sea, used to measure depth by the Isareli Geological Institute of Limnological Research, as they are getting ready to sail during their monthly research of the Dead Sea water level near the Dead Sea coastal resort of Ein Gedi, Israel, 20 October 2014. According to media reports, the Dead Sea water level is dropping with an average of one meter per year since the first water level measurements in 1927. EPA/ABIR SULTAN Originally one of the world's first health resorts, the Dead Sea has a far from healthy future as its water levels continue to decline. In fact, it has been estimated that since the 1950s the water levels have dropped more than 40 meters. The dangerously low level has been attributed to an imbalance between the amount of incoming and outgoing water. . .Known also as the Sea of Salt - separating Israel to the west and Jordan to the east - the lake's surface and shores are 429 meters below the level making it earth's lowest elevation on land. The problem of the annual declining rate of 1.5 meters per year is due largely to the reduction of inflowing of water from the Jordan River. This has been attributed to the increased current consumption of water within the Jordan River water and irrigation drainage basin. Water resources in the region are scarce and affect Israel, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan that are located within and bordering the basin. . .The sea is called 'dead' because its high salinity prevents aquatic organisms such as fish and aquatic plants from living in it. A good example of its salinity levels is that it is 9.6 times as salty as the ocean. The visible evidence in the following package of images exposes the sinkholes, mud flats, damages to infra-structures as well as the effects on flora and fauna of nature reserves and increased exposure of beach areas.

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epa04547219 (09/16) An old dock stands about 20 meters above the sea level mark where the water line was about 20 years ago at the Dead Sea coastal resort near Ein Gedi, Israel, 20 October 2014. According to media reports, the Dead Sea water level is dropping with an average of one meter per year since the first water level measurements in 1927. EPA/ABIR SULTAN Originally one of the world's first health resorts, the Dead Sea has a far from healthy future as its water levels continue to decline. In fact, it has been estimated that since the 1950s the water levels have dropped more than 40 meters. The dangerously low level has been attributed to an imbalance between the amount of incoming and outgoing water. . .Known also as the Sea of Salt - separating Israel to the west and Jordan to the east - the lake's surface and shores are 429 meters below the level making it earth's lowest elevation on land. The problem of the annual declining rate of 1.5 meters per year is due largely to the reduction of inflowing of water from the Jordan River. This has been attributed to the increased current consumption of water within the Jordan River water and irrigation drainage basin. Water resources in the region are scarce and affect Israel, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan that are located within and bordering the basin. . .The sea is called 'dead' because its high salinity prevents aquatic organisms such as fish and aquatic plants from living in it. A good example of its salinity levels is that it is 9.6 times as salty as the ocean. The visible evidence in the following package of images exposes the sinkholes, mud flats, damages to infra-structures as well as the effects on flora and fauna of nature reserves and increased exposure of beach areas.

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epa04547213 (03/16) A researcher from the Isareli Geological Institute of Limnological Research sails on the research ship 'Taglit' (Discovery) during their monthly research of the Dead Sea water level near the Dead Sea coastal resort of Ein Gedi, Israel, 20 October 2014. According to media reports, the Dead Sea water level is dropping with an average of one meter per year since the first water level measurements in 1927. EPA/ABIR SULTAN Originally one of the world's first health resorts, the Dead Sea has a far from healthy future as its water levels continue to decline. In fact, it has been estimated that since the 1950s the water levels have dropped more than 40 meters. The dangerously low level has been attributed to an imbalance between the amount of incoming and outgoing water. . .Known also as the Sea of Salt - separating Israel to the west and Jordan to the east - the lake's surface and shores are 429 meters below the level making it earth's lowest elevation on land. The problem of the annual declining rate of 1.5 meters per year is due largely to the reduction of inflowing of water from the Jordan River. This has been attributed to the increased current consumption of water within the Jordan River water and irrigation drainage basin. Water resources in the region are scarce and affect Israel, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan that are located within and bordering the basin. . .The sea is called 'dead' because its high salinity prevents aquatic organisms such as fish and aquatic plants from living in it. A good example of its salinity levels is that it is 9.6 times as salty as the ocean. The visible evidence in the following package of images exposes the sinkholes, mud flats, damages to infra-structures as well as the effects on flora and fauna of nature reserves and increased exposure of beach areas.

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epa04547214 (04/16) A researcher from the Isareli Geological Institute of Limnological Research measures the Dead Sea depth from a rope covered with salt while sailing on the research ship 'Taglit' (Discovery) during their monthly research of the Dead Sea water level near the Dead Sea coastal resort of Ein Gedi, Israel, 20 October 2014. According to media reports, the Dead Sea water level is dropping with an average of one meter per year since the first water level measurements in 1927. EPA/ABIR SULTAN Originally one of the world's first health resorts, the Dead Sea has a far from healthy future as its water levels continue to decline. In fact, it has been estimated that since the 1950s the water levels have dropped more than 40 meters. The dangerously low level has been attributed to an imbalance between the amount of incoming and outgoing water. . .Known also as the Sea of Salt - separating Israel to the west and Jordan to the east - the lake's surface and shores are 429 meters below the level making it earth's lowest elevation on land. The problem of the annual declining rate of 1.5 meters per year is due largely to the reduction of inflowing of water from the Jordan River. This has been attributed to the increased current consumption of water within the Jordan River water and irrigation drainage basin. Water resources in the region are scarce and affect Israel, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan that are located within and bordering the basin. . .The sea is called 'dead' because its high salinity prevents aquatic organisms such as fish and aquatic plants from living in it. A good example of its salinity levels is that it is 9.6 times as salty as the ocean. The visible evidence in the following package of images exposes the sinkholes, mud flats, damages to infra-structures as well as the effects on flora and fauna of nature reserves and increased exposure of beach areas.

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epa04547212 (02/16) The research ship 'Taglit' (Discovery) of the Isareli Geological Institute of Limnological Research is prepared to sail during their monthly research of the Dead Sea water level near the Dead Sea coastal resort of Ein Gedi, Israel, 20 October 2014. According to media reports, the Dead Sea water level is dropping with an average of one meter per year since the first water level measurements in 1927. EPA/ABIR SULTAN Originally one of the world's first health resorts, the Dead Sea has a far from healthy future as its water levels continue to decline. In fact, it has been estimated that since the 1950s the water levels have dropped more than 40 meters. The dangerously low level has been attributed to an imbalance between the amount of incoming and outgoing water. . .Known also as the Sea of Salt - separating Israel to the west and Jordan to the east - the lake's surface and shores are 429 meters below the level making it earth's lowest elevation on land. The problem of the annual declining rate of 1.5 meters per year is due largely to the reduction of inflowing of water from the Jordan River. This has been attributed to the increased current consumption of water within the Jordan River water and irrigation drainage basin. Water resources in the region are scarce and affect Israel, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan that are located within and bordering the basin. . .The sea is called 'dead' because its high salinity prevents aquatic organisms such as fish and aquatic plants from living in it. A good example of its salinity levels is that it is 9.6 times as salty as the ocean. The visible evidence in the following package of images exposes the sinkholes, mud flats, damages to infra-structures as well as the effects on flora and fauna of nature reserves and increased exposure of beach areas.

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epa04547211 (01/16) A small research buoy floating in the center of the Dead Sea is used to measure the depth by the Isareli Geological Institute of Limnological Research during their monthly research of the Dead Sea water level near the Dead Sea coastal resort of Ein Gedi, Israel, 20 October 2014. According to media reports, the Dead Sea water level is dropping with an average of one meter per year since the first water level measurements in 1927. EPA/ABIR SULTAN Originally one of the world's first health resorts, the Dead Sea has a far from healthy future as its water levels continue to decline. In fact, it has been estimated that since the 1950s the water levels have dropped more than 40 meters. The dangerously low level has been attributed to an imbalance between the amount of incoming and outgoing water. . .Known also as the Sea of Salt - separating Israel to the west and Jordan to the east - the lake's surface and shores are 429 meters below the level making it earth's lowest elevation on land. The problem of the annual declining rate of 1.5 meters per year is due largely to the reduction of inflowing of water from the Jordan River. This has been attributed to the increased current consumption of water within the Jordan River water and irrigation drainage basin. Water resources in the region are scarce and affect Israel, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan that are located within and bordering the basin. . .The sea is called 'dead' because its high salinity prevents aquatic organisms such as fish and aquatic plants from living in it. A good example of its salinity levels is that it is 9.6 times as salty as the ocean. The visible evidence in the following package of images exposes the sinkholes, mud flats, damages to infra-structures as well as the effects on flora and fauna of nature reserves and increased exposure of beach areas.