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NOAA forecasts an average summer 'dead zone' in Gulf of America
NOAA is forecasting this summer's Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico) "dead zone" to be average-sized, covering ...
The Gazette23h
Size of Gulf ‘dead zone’ expected to be average this year. Funding woes for research…
The annual forecast for the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, ...
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Size of 'dead zone' in the Gulf expected to be about average this year. Funding woes for research and action could be much bigger.
The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which president Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, ...
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Massive 8,000-mile 'dead zone' could be one of the gulf's largest
Just off the coast of Louisiana and Texas where the Mississippi River empties, the ocean is dying. The cyclical event known as the dead zone occurs every year, but scientists predict that this ...
National Geographic news6d
Dead zones, explained
However, shrinking the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is compounded by pollution that leached into the water after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the BP oil spill in 2011. The Mississippi River ...
Dead elephants and feral sea lions: how poisonous algal blooms harm the planet
In March a teenager was attacked by a “feral” sea lion off the coast of southern California, where there has been an increase ...
The Lens1d
Will Ascension Parish become Ammonia Parish?
Three new proposed chemical plants could more than quadruple ammonia production in the Donaldsonville area, leaving Ascension ...
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The origins of ocean 'dead zones'
Today’s largest open ocean dead zone, located in the eastern Pacific Ocean ... Our research group at BC is currently doing some work in the Northern Gulf of Mexico to better understand the fate of ...