Tropical Depression Barry has made landfall and will bring torrential rains to Mexico, while Tropical Storm Flossie remains ...

The convergence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers near St. Louis fuels the region's infamous summer humidity and spring ...

Efforts to reduce nutrient runoff into the Gulf are largely outlined in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Hypoxia Task Force Action Plan. Long-term, its goal is to reduce the dead zone to about ...

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

The Cost of Renewable Fuel Incentives: A Two-Part Policy Analysis Series Part I: The Consumer Costs and Climate Impacts of the RFS Media Inquiries For general and media inquiries and to book our ...

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 ...

NOAA is forecasting this summer’s Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico) “dead zone” to be average-sized, covering approximately 5,574 square miles — an area roughly three times the ...

The Gulf of Mexico's hypoxic "dead zone" at the end of the Mississippi River is seen by satellite south of Louisiana in 2017. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ...

The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, ... That study predicts the hypoxic zone to be around 4,800 square miles by taking into account how warmer water temperatures ...

The hypoxic conditions affect commercial and recreational fishing as well as cause ecological harm. Efforts to reduce nutrient runoff into the Gulf are largely outlined in the Environmental Protection ...

NOAA is forecasting this summer's Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico) "dead zone" to be average-sized, covering approximately 5,574 square miles—an area roughly three times the size of ...

An aerial view of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on June 7, 2024. Nutrients from throughout the Mississippi River basin wash down into the Gulf of Mexico, creating an annual “dead zone” of low ...