according to Boston College Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Xingchen “Tony” Wang, a lead author of the report. Better understanding ocean dead zones in the past, may help ...

Even during a usual year, the dead zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico is the largest in North America and the second largest in the world, according to data collected by environmental groups. The ...

says a 2008 report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. If those cuts happened, the dead zone still would be nearly twice the size of Rhode Island. Thompson was driving a tractor across ...