Scientists from Stanford University have teamed up with Israeli and Jordanian researchers to protect the Gulf of Aqaba, a strategic waterway whose fragile marine ecosystem is vital to both Israel and Jordan.

If the shrinking waters of the Dead Sea are to be saved, it will most likely take some assistance from the Red Sea.

By Rich Bard, The Miami Herald Apr. 29--IT SEEMED SO PEACEFUL ...

The Dead Sea is dying, and only a major engineering effort can save it, Israel's Minister of the Environment said Monday. The Dead Sea gets its name from its heavy salt content, because no aquatic creatures can live in it.