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Growing Gulf 'dead zone' may affect shrimp harvest
Scientists are sounding the alarm about growing dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond. Dead zones are areas of water with hypoxia, or dangerously low levels of oxygen. Dead zones are caused by ...
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Indigenous-led group aims to protect water systems in the heartland
Along for the ride: Kellyn LaCour-Conant with an environmental non-profit in Louisiana. “The Gulf Hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico, some people call it the dead zone,” she said. “It affects the ...
Crop survey results show increase in cover cropping, less tillage
Results from the annual Iowa Nutrient Research & Education Council crop survey show Iowa farmers planted more than 3.8 ...
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Hurricane Rafael knocks out Cuba's power grid and heads into the Gulf on a much different path
A significant shift in the storm's forecast track means the threat to the US is dwindling, but is increasing for Mexico's Gulf Coast ... the system in the western zone that caused oscillations ...
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The origins of ocean 'dead zones'
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 ...