NOAA scientists are forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic area or “dead zone” – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life – to be approximately 6,700 square miles ...

sediment swirling on Louisiana’s coast as it meets the Gulf of Mexico An aerial view of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on June 7, 2024. Nutrients from throughout the Mississippi River basin wash down ...

NOAA-supported scientists have determined this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone”— an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 2,116 square miles, or equivalent to ...

A dead zone, or as scientists prefer, a hypoxic zone, is an area in estuaries and coastal waters around the mouth of larger rivers entering the sea where the oxygen content is too low to support most ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has renamed ...

Lane Simmons of the U.S. Geological Survey collects a water-quality sample at the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USGS 07374000). Credit: Scott Dennis, USGS. NOAA is forecasting this ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)- If you have ever heard someone talk about a “dead zone” in the Gulf, you might wonder what that means. According to NOAA, the “dead zone” is caused by hypoxia, which refers to ...

AMES, Iowa – A new study from an Iowa State University agronomist shows that an increase in perennial bioenergy grasses throughout the Corn Belt would lead to a significant reduction in nitrogen ...

(The Center Square) − The Gulf of America's "dead zone" has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over 4,400 square miles — roughly a third smaller than ...