The Gulf Of Mexico's Dead Zone Is The Biggest Ever Seen : The Salt A record-setting "dead zone," where water doesn't have enough oxygen for fish to survive, has appeared this summer. One major ...

And the northern Gulf of Mexico dead zone is the second largest human-caused dead zone in the ocean," said Nancy Rabalais, the nation's foremost expert on dead zones. She's been measuring oxygen ...

The annual “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which last year was the size of New Jersey, is forecast to persist for several decades, a new study said.

The size of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone fluctuates annually, but increased precipitation this year amplified runoff. The result is an oxygen-depleted area almost 50 percent larger than what has ...

"The last time something like this happened, we did see a huge difference" in the size of the dead zone from one year to the next. The zone off the Louisiana and Texas coasts was first seen in 1972.

NOAA-supported scientists have announced that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life—is approximately 6,705 square miles, the ...

To heal the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone, we have to look north to Midwest farms There’s a massive area in the Gulf of Mexico that’s so low in oxygen, aquatic life can’t survive there.

NOAA scientists have forecast that the annual “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, currently referred to as the Gulf of America ...

A so-called "dead zone" the size of Connecticut is set to wreak havoc in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has forecast.

Scientists have released their 2023 forecast for the so-called “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico — predicting it will be around 4,100 square miles this summer. That’s much bigger than last ...

Floodwaters loaded with farm runoff are heading down the Mississippi River, and scientists fear the deluge will dramatically increase this summer's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. IE 11 is not ...

The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is a complex environmental issue, but it is also a solvable problem. We can avoid the ecological and economic damage that results from allowing algae to choke the Gulf ...