article_snippet: The banks of the Dead Sea are under threat from soaring numbers of sinkholes that are appearing as the lake dries up, an environmental group has warned.
article_snippet: EcoPeace Middle East estimates that there are more than 3,000 sinkholes now along the banks of the salt lake, which is bordered by Israel and Jordan.
article_snippet: Environmental groups report that there are now more than 3,000 sinkholes, shown above filled with water, along the banks of the main body of the Dead Sea, caused by the loss of water from the lake .
article_snippet: Gidon Bromberg, director of EcoPeace Middle East claims that the appearance of the sinkholes has been accelerating in recent years.
article_snippet: Now, Mr Bromberg says, a new sinkhole is appearing almost every day.
article_snippet: Mr Bromberg and Mr Bromberg colleagues believe the rate of these sinkholes appearing has been increased by the construction of dams and reservoirs beside the lake.
article_snippet: Sink holes like this one at Mineral Beach beside the Dead Sea on the West Bank are becoming more common .
article_snippet: these sinkholes appearing appeared in the fields in south east corner of the Dead Sea near to the Lisan Peninsula .
article_snippet: Warning signs now dot the shores of the lake to highlight the danger of the open pits that have been appearing as a result of the Dead Sea's shrinkage.
article_snippet: Mr Bromberg fears that the sinkholes may soon start posing a threat to the roads and infrastructure that run alongside the Dead Sea.
article_snippet: This sink hole beside the Dead Sea, caused by collapsing alt deposits left by the lake, has filled with water .
highlights_snippet: Environmental group estimates there are 3,000 sinkholes beside Dead Sea .
  
highlights_snippet: It claim that new sink holes are on the banks appearing almost every day .
  
highlights_snippet: new sink holes are on the banks appearing almost every day say the lake is being over exploited causing the lake to drop by 4 feet a year .
  