News tagged with dead sea
Related topics: climate change
Most ancient Hebrew biblical inscription deciphered
Professor Gershon Galil of the department of biblical studies at the University of Haifa has deciphered an inscription dating from the 10th century BCE (the period of King David's reign), and has shown that ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 07, 2010 |
4.4 / 5 (37) |
51
|
Google to bring Dead Sea Scrolls online
The Dead Sea Scrolls, among the world's most important, mysterious and tightly restricted archaeological treasures, are about to get Googled.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 19, 2010 |
4.4 / 5 (21) |
2
Modern behavior of early humans found half-million years earlier than previously thought
Evidence of sophisticated, human behavior has been discovered by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers as early as 750,000 years ago - some half a million years earlier than has previously been estimated ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 22, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (18) |
0
Small fish exploits forbidding environment
Jellyfish moved into the oceans off the coast of southwest Africa when the sardine population crashed. Now another small fish is living in the oxygen-depleted zone part-time and turning the once ecologically ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
4.9 / 5 (11) |
0
|
Hebrew inscription appears to confirm 'sign of Jonah' and Christian reference on ancient artifact
(Phys.org) -- Following the recent announcement of the discovery of the earliest known Christian imagery in the exploration of a sealed first century Jerusalem tomb, controversy predictably erupted, with numerous members ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 19, 2012 |
2.5 / 5 (17) |
2
|
Oceans where fishes choke
(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian marine scientists have expressed disquiet over the continued worldwide spread of large, dead zones in the ocean.
Nov 30, 2010 |
4.4 / 5 (9) |
9
|
Back to the dead (sea, that is)
They'll drill through four ice ages, epic sandstorms, mankind's migration from Africa to the New World, and the biggest droughts in history. Tel Aviv University is heading an international study that for the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2010 |
4.3 / 5 (9) |
2
|
Dead Sea-dwelling microbes reveal roots of protein common to all higher life forms
(PhysOrg.com) -- We have more in common with Dead Sea-dwelling microbes than previously thought. University of Florida researchers have found that one of the most common proteins in complex life forms may have evolved from ...
Jan 11, 2010 |
5 / 5 (7) |
0
|
Jordan River could die by 2011: report
The once mighty Jordan River, where Christians believe Jesus was baptised, is now little more than a polluted stream that could die next year unless the decay is halted, environmentalists said on Monday.
May 02, 2010 |
3.9 / 5 (9) |
1
Scientists drill beneath Dead Sea in search of priceless data
If you thought you couldn't get any lower than the Dead Sea, think again. You can go under it.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 21, 2010 |
4.3 / 5 (8) |
4
Dead Sea needs world help to stay alive
The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.
Nov 24, 2009 |
4.1 / 5 (8) |
3
Thousands of shellfish found dead in Peru
Thousands of crustaceans were found dead off the coast of Lima following the mystery mass death of dolphins and pelicans, the Peruvian Navy said Friday.
May 26, 2012 |
4.7 / 5 (7) |
7
Microbe processes carbon via new metabolic pathway
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Dead Sea microbe has been found to use a previously unknown metabolic pathway to metabolize fats as a source of carbon to synthesize carbohydrates. This suggests there may be other undiscovered pathways ...
Jan 21, 2011 |
4 / 5 (8) |
1
|
Sea lampreys fear the smell of death
A repellant for sea lampreys could be the key to better controlling one of the most destructive invasive species in the Great Lakes, says a Michigan State University researcher.
Aug 06, 2011 |
4.6 / 5 (7) |
3
|
Is the Dead Sea dying?
The water levels in the Dead Sea - the deepest point on Earth - are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to Shahrazad Abu Ghazleh and colleagues from the University ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 04, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (7) |
0
