Israel begins pumping desalinated water into depleted Sea of Galilee

(timesofisrael.com)

28 points | by wslh 10 hours ago ago

2 comments

  • whearyou 4 hours ago

    Israel’s always been strong at “terraforming”. I wonder what unexpected consequences will be encountered though.

    Eighty years they drained the coastal lowland swamps making central Israel broadly livable - prior it was a morass eg Roman generals writing about the difficulty of transporting soldiers through the region, not catching malaria, etc.

    Then they figured out it was causing all kinds of environmental problems, so they had to reintroduce swamp like terrain in some cases.

    Everything is trade offs I guess.

    • dnemmers an hour ago

      Sounds a bit like the terraforming of Florida. (With similar tales of soldiers during the civil war.)