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Saving the Dead Sea Preview

Can a daring water engineering project revive the Dead Sea without altering its chemistry?

Aired 04/24/2019

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Saving the Dead Sea Preview

Preview: Season 46 Episode 7 | 28sVideo has Closed Captions

Can a daring water engineering project revive the Dead Sea without altering its chemistry?

As the Dead Sea shrinks, engineers prepare a daring solution: connect it with the Red Sea by way of a massive desalination plant. If it works, it could stabilize the legendary lake and ease regional tensions. But will it put the environment at risk?

Aired 04/24/2019

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