Recent Media

2023

A new Remotely Operated Vehicle joined the Dead Sea Observatory

The Dead Sea Observatory received a new ROV equipped with high resolution camera, sonar and navigation system. The ROV is used for...

Haggai Eyal was granted with the Azrieli fellowship

Haggai Eyal, a PhD candidate at the Dead Sea Observatory (GSI) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, received the prestigious Azrieli...

Joint BSF-NSF grant received

A research proposal has been approved for support by the United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF), as part of the joint...

John Holbrook's visit

Prof. John Holbrook, research student (MSc) - Mary Grace Moran, and field assistant Lauren Burden from TCU (Fort Worth, Texas), visited...

Tim Lowenstein's visit

Prof. Tim Lowenstein and his PhD student Mebrahtu Weldeghebriel from the sedimentological lab at Binghamton University, visited the Dead...

Elad Dente completed his PhD study

Elad Dente's PhD thesis entitled "Fluvial Response to Base-Level Fall: Insights from the Main Perennial Tributaries of the Dead Sea" have...

A floating research platform was deployed as part of Ziv Mor's PhD study

The new research station will continuously measure evaporation, atmospheric dynamics, heat exchange between the Dead Sea surface water...

Paolo Censi's visit

Prof. Paolo Censi and Prof. Daniela Piazzese from the University of Palermo visited the Dead Sea observatory. Together we sampled halite...

Hamish McGowan visit

Prof. Hamish McGowan from the Atmospheric Observations Research Group in The University of Queensland, visited the Dead Sea observatory...

Article by AGU press

Following a joint research with Prof. Eckart Meiburg's team, AGU press published an article regarding halite precipitation in the Dead...