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Calling a toxic artificial body of water the “dead sea” seems to give the actual Dead Sea a bad name. The Dead Sea while salty is a natural formation that suppo
by divbzero 5y ago
Calling a toxic artificial body of water the “dead sea” seems to give the actual Dead Sea a bad name. The Dead Sea while salty is a natural formation that supports some microbial life [1].
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea#Fauna_and_flora https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea#Fauna_and_flora
- rektide 5y agoPersonally it feels the other way around to me? The Dead Sea happened into it naturally, long ago, but the idea of un-aerated water, or toxic water, a sea that has fallen into a lifeless husk, seems pretty general & deserving of the scorn & harshness of the name "dead sea", regardless of cause.
- fastball 5y agoThen the problem is that the Dead Sea is a misnomer.
- paulryanrogers 5y agoToxic sea?