NOAA-supported scientists have announced that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life—is approximately 6,705 square miles, the ...

This summer's Gulf of America "dead zone" is forecast to span 5,574 square miles — about three times the size of Delaware, ...

The hypoxic zone — an area of low to no oxygen — in the Gulf of Mexico is about 3,058 square miles. The "dead zone" can kill fish and marine life.

Map of measured Gulf hypoxia zone, July 21–26, 2024. Red area denotes 2 mg/L of oxygen or lower, the level which is considered hypoxic, at the bottom of the seafloor.

For decades, an oxygen-depleted "dead zone" that is harmful to sea life has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico in a region off Louisiana and Texas. This year, it's larger than average, federal ...

Every year, the hypoxic “dead zone” materializes as a large area of nearly uninhabitable waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientist Nancy Rabalais, who has spent decades researching the area, is ...

The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force, a partnership formed in 1997 between federal and state agencies and the National Tribal Water Council, aims to reduce the dead zone to ...

The "dead zones" cause fish and shrimp to vacate the area. The Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force has a long-term goal of cutting the dead zone down to 1,900 square miles by 2025.

Dead zones, also known as hypoxic areas, ... These discharge- and nutrient-loading metrics are important for NOAA's models that forecast the size of the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone during the summer.

NOAA is forecasting a summer “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico that will cover approximately 4,155 square miles, making it below the 5,364 square mile average over the 36-year ...

Did you know there's a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico? No, we're not talking about the 1983 sci-fi horror film, or the early 2000s sci-fi TV series. This one is very much real. For ...

Long-term measured size of the hypoxic zone (green bars) measured during the ship surveys since 1985, including the target ...