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The Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ can kill fish and marine life. How large is it this year?
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoScientists have released their 2023 forecast for the so-called “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico —...
When 'below average' is a good thing: Gulf's dead zone not as big this year, scientists say
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt’s not the happiest date on the environmental calendar, but this year’s Day of the Dead Zone was a...
Transforming old oil rigs into seaweed farms could resurrect "dead zones" in the ocean
Salon via Yahoo News· 9 months agoUnderwater Kelp Forrest Getty Images/Douglas Klug As Big Agriculture continues to dump fertilizer...
To reduce harmful algal blooms and dead zones, the US needs a national strategy for regulating farm...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSatellite photo of an algal bloom in western Lake Erie, July 28, 2015. NASA Earth...
Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution
Associated Press Finance via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoThe nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking...
Gulf's 'dead zone' forecast to be smaller than average, but still twice reduction goal
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNEW ORLEANS (AP) — The oxygen-depleted “dead zone” that forms each year in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas is forecast to cover about 4,155 square miles (10,761 square kilometers) ...
EPA grants permit for Ocean Era aquaculture demonstration project off of Sarasota County
Herald-Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe EPA approved the permit for the Ocean Era aquaculture demonstration project in federal waters...
5,000-Mile-Wide Seaweed Threatens Caribbean & Florida Beaches
Out Traveler via Yahoo News· 1 year ago(CNN) -- A gargantuan mass of seaweed that formed in the Atlantic Ocean is headed for the shores of...
A federal funding program with bipartisan support helped clean up the Great Lakes. Could it work for...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAY CITY - Summers in Bay City when Frank and Cathy Dosdall were young revolved around Lake Pepin....
Driftwood Outdoors: Cover crops build soil, slow erosion and protect water
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAgriculture and conservation go hand in hand. Farmers must take care of the land, because it is the...