A recently created lake/pond in Ethiopia contains the world's most saline water body. More links and info in full description ↓↓↓ This video features Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff. PAPER: Chemical Analysis of Gaet’ale, a Hypersaline Pond in Danakil Depression (Ethiopia): New Record for the Most Saline Water Body on Earth. Eduardo Pérez and Yonas Chebude https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10498-017-9312-z Periodic Videos in Ethiopia: http://bit.ly/Ethiopia_PV Bibledex at the Dead Sea (clips in this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1dzJZJ2ggk Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/periodicvideos More chemistry at http://www.periodicvideos.com/ Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/periodicvideos And on Twitter at http://twitter.com/periodicvideos From the School of Chemistry at The University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/NottChem With thanks to the Garfield Weston Foundation Periodic Videos films are by video journalist Brady Haran: http://www.bradyharan.com/ Brady's Blog: http://www.bradyharanblog.com/ Join Brady's mailing list for updates and extra stuff --- http://eepurl.com/YdjL9