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on the banks of the dead sea. leaving behind a scarred landscape, which we send jo whalley to explore. about in the hyper salty waters.

— at a rate of more than a metre a year. for industry and farming. right up to these beach umbrellas. by tractor to the waters‘ edge. it's a distance more than a mile.

but they're expensive to run. collapse without warning, causing sinkholes. yariv has seen the impact first hand. touristic place that used to be... i can see how the roads just all given away. yeah, yeah. everything just collapsing, everything just falling apart. yeah.

highways, was closed and rerouted, after the surface started to sink. it's now an enormous hole. it's crazy, it looks like an earthquake. it is. yeah, unfortunately, it is. yeah, that's uh... basically, that's what's going on. the ground is just falling apart. and it's all fractured, all the way down there. and it's still active. everything's collapsed into that hole. yeah. and this is one of the — and this is part — relatively small. well not so — let's say not so big. that's a small one? not so big, yeah. hah! it's not a big one, yeah. how many sinkholes are there now? around... more than 6000, 6500, let's say, around 6500. when did the first hole happen? the beginning of it was the late 80s. very interesting phenomenon. but itjust escalated very much and very fast.

you can get. few public beaches. became too unstable. wow. the whole building had to be abandoned. yeah. pack our bags, stuff, equipment, and just leave. it looks like a war, so... if it will work. using satellite mapping to assess where new holes might open up.

is a chain of sinkholes. eli raz helped develop the satellite system. he's been studying the sinkholes for the past 17 years. so is it safe to explore this area? somebody who knows the nature of the sinkholes. it could be dangerous.

eli has started taking groups out to safely view the sinkholes. he wants something positive to come out of the problem. but also, on the other hand, to give explanations. people are willing to know what's happening. and then we have also the other side of the problem. people are amazed by the scenery. it is beautiful. — a safe one. nowadays there is no safe access. and i think that we are losing something. have appeared as the dead sea has receded. i just want to show you my diamonds. oh, wow. oh my gosh. they are actually

crystals, idiomorphic crystals of salt. can i keep this? yes, of course. this is, you know, a gift from... thank you very much. a giftfrom... a gift from the dead sea! that's incredible. and it isn'tjust salt diamonds that are formed along the shore. and here is the purist... oh wow. they form just on the slope. and the waves roll them up and down. so diamonds and pearls. diamonds and pearls, yes. you're spoiling me. it is amazing to grab handfuls of these pearls. they're so beautiful. is there a sinkhole near here? there are sinkholes, of course, all along the coastal plain. and can we go and look at one? yes.

ok, let's go, then. 0h! is that it? all of that? yeah. this is one of the biggest sinkholes, yeah. it's absolutely enormous. this is about a0 metres, 50 metres in diameter. wow! it's filled with water, as well. this is the groundwater. iam a bit scared, here, eli.

being sensitive. not exactly sweet water, with the ability to dissolve salt. yeah. it's like a lagoon, isn't it? it's like a lagoon. but it is also quite beautiful, isn't it? always better to look at the bright side of the problem, yes. been caused by the sinkholes. to worry about a sinkhole opening up under the beach. entered without guidance from an expert.

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conurbations. come to see. i'm quite out of breath. we are about 3,000m above sea level. to see monarch butterflies. forest here in mexico. is slightly east of there, in

mexico state. alone with these creatures. wow! clustered in black clumps on these fir trees. to this particular forest. it's the longest migration undertaken by any insect. and then find a mate. and deforestation here in mexico. one study says the numbers have gone down by 84% in the last 20 years.

and the entire colony could be gone. it's been really bad, you know? of butterflies, you know? these clusters — the way we saw they are... mm—hmm. but those butterflies were like, dead. hibernating, but they were not hibernating anymore. they werejust dead. they were

frozen? yeah, frozen, ‘cause of the weather. and what happens if there's another terrible winter like that? well, i hope they will not be there, the butterflies. the population went down a lot. for its existence. it's tiny, though the people are instantly welcoming. stay here for a little bit longer. byjoel‘s mum, rosea. and why do you guys love the butterflies? why are you here, doing...?

well, you know, that's how i met helen. that's how we met. we met in a storm of butterflies. from being in those mountains for over 30 years. when we met, there was nothing here. in the community. was have more people come here, stay in the community, stay longer. with the butterflies? you'd see them on the roads flying in a river. older people talk about, seeing that. it's kind of... .. than what it was. than it used to be. yeah.

a peaceful place to see the migration. and here's a glimmer of hope for the people of macheros. and the last is that the worrying decline appears to be stabilising. that's all for now. join us next time, when...

the moreeb dune, which means "terrifying mountain". that was fantastic! you know what? sand dunes for a while now. i really want to reach the top! luckily, i've got myself a lift. woah! on the road by following us on social media. from myself, and the travel team here in mexico, it's adios. well, let's start with a couple

of weather watcher pictures. drizzly, and windy afternoon. of the country. the skies have been clearing in the last few hours. this is the satellite image from the last 12 hours or so. so initially we had the cloud. this window of clearer weather. so temperatures have been dropping like a stone. two or three degrees. as minus five degrees in the south. this is rush hour, then, across the south of the country. you can see that hue of blue here,

so the frost still here. but outside of town, still very chilly. lots of sunshine around. different story here in the western isles and north—western scotland. around as well. so, the rest of the morning, then. in the east. you'll hold onto the sunshine for longest. to see clouds streaming in. it's not going to be a nice afternoon. that sort of thing. brighter and colder. how are we doing compared to the rest of europe? so, in london, it's around about nine. paris is i! at all across many parts of europe

on tuesday. but there is a big change on the way for the middle parts of the week. a big low pressure swings in off the north atlantic. this is cold air here. traditionally, we get a cold rush of air. we're in for some wintry showers. bit further south. but there'll be plenty of sunshine around, as well. hail and thunder, probably, too. it could feel colder than six after nine degrees. it quite bitter. little bit better. bye— bye.