Jordanian expert urges conveying seawater to Dead Sea to stem its shrinking

STORY: Jordanian expert urges conveying seawater to Dead Sea to stem its shrinking DATELINE: March 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Dead Sea 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DUREID MAHASNEH, Water and energy sector expert 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DUREID MAHASNEH, Water and energy sector expert STORYLINE: A Jordanian expert called for conveying seawater from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea to stem the shrinking of the latter. The Dead Sea has lost a third of its surface area since the 1960s, with receding about half a meter annually, leaving thousands of sinkholes behind. Dureid Mahasneh, an expert in the water and energy sector, explained the main reasons behind the declining water levels of the Dead Sea. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DUREID MAHASNEH, Water and energy sector expert "The Dead Sea's main resource of water was the Jordan River. In 1964, Israel diverted the Jordan River from its natural course by reaching the end at the Dead Sea and dumping all the