Dead Sea Chimneys Warning

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White smokers on the lake floor: Spectacular chimneys discovered in the Dead Sea

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Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research has discovered meter-high chimneys on the floor of the Dead Sea .

These are formed by the spontaneous crystallization of minerals from groundwater with an extremely high salt content flowing up out of the lake floor.

Discovered for the first time, these vents are an important early warning indicator for sinkholes.

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