The Dead Sea is shrinking at the rate of about a meter a year, leaving behind deserted beaches and sinkholes in a slow-motion environmental disaster.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/israel-seeks-early-re-tender-mining-rights-shore-dead-sea
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/reuters
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/israel
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/river
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-resources
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecology