The Jordan River Is Disappearing | #DeadSea #Jordan

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[00:00:00]And while I do question my role in this as I am participating in masterism here, uh I I would like to use my platform to talk about this and maybe there is an issue of maybe this should be not quite for everybody that we should be thinking a lot about the sustainability of the Dead Sea if we want to preserve the ecosystem, but um it does present a massive political challenge where water is not readily available and you have to be able to desalinate as much of the water coming out of the Mediterranean for Israel and for Jordan, you know, you do have the southern part of the Red Sea, but given the distance to where the major population centers are, >> [music] >> there will still be that reliance on the Jordan River as well as the Dead Sea.

[00:00:49][music] So, it does not bode well for what's behind me.

[00:00:54]Um it's unfortunate to think about that, but as things drop, we have a very good case study of what happened to the Aral Sea up by Kazakhstan and Russia. Uh so, think of this as a postcard of now >> [music] >> with a consideration for what it will not be again in the future.

[00:01:18]This shoreline is going to be that way, that bay is no longer going to be here, and I I think that we're worse off for it, but [music] these are some of the consequences of what politics and the environment and society, when these all mix together and there are scarce resources, what this looks like.