but increased human activity is contributing to the size and breadth of the hypoxic zones. The pollutants that are making their way into the Gulf of Mexico are finding their way into the ...

where the nutrient contributes to massive algal blooms and hypoxic conditions that impact aquatic life in the Gulf of Mexico. Midwestern soils are among the most productive in the world ...

Later that evening, the group talked about the Gulf of Mexico dead zone — the primary thing that ... creating a condition known as hypoxia that leaves the water uninhabitable for aquatic life.

Scientists from Louisiana State University found a massive dead zone in the Mississippi Sound while conducting their annual ...

Understanding the Dead Zone The northern Gulf of Mexico is home to the second largest hypoxic zone in the world, also known as the “Dead Zone,” however, there is no part of the country or the world ...

This annual measurement is a key metric that informs the collective efforts of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force, a state/federal partnership which has set a long-term goal of ...

Excess nutrients transported from Illinois rivers to the Mississippi River and to the Gulf of Mexico are contributing to the hypoxic or dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. The size of this dead zone is ...

The Gulf of Mexico is haunted by a ghost. The animal is as big as a school bus, but glides unseen through the ocean’s twilight zone, its low moans echoing in the dim water. A creature so elusive ...

An international team looks back 12 million years for clues about the formation of these vast areas where no life can survive A satellite image of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, where 'dead zones' can ...

By combining an integrated assessment model with an evolutionary algorithm, the team has assessed assess cost-effective policies to reduce nutrient loadings in local waters and to alleviate the ...