On Our Radar: A Diminished Dead Sea The Dead Sea has dropped a record 4.9 feet in depth over the last year because of industry use and evaporation, the Hydrological Service of Israel says. This is prompting calls for Israel and Jordan to prevent fertilizer makers from drawing on so much of the water. BP scraps plans to build an ethanol plant in south-central Florida that was to have produced 36 million gallons a year. The company says it will end its pursuit of commercial ethanol production in the United States and focus instead on developing the next generation of biofuel technology. Southeast AgNet Scientists discover bacteria that function as living electrical cables on the seabed in Aarhus Bay in Denmark. The electrical currents had been detected there previously, but researchers had not determined the source. Aarhus University Enormous balls bouncing down Fifth Avenue: a visualization of carbon dioxide emissions in New York.