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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 —...
Scientists make troubling prediction for size of Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ this summer
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric prediction is based on the amount of nutrients monitored by the...
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...
Farm runoff fuels Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone'. Can Kentucky agriculture change course?
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBARDWELL, Ky. — Red, yellow and purple flowers reach up past Joel Reddick’s knees and stretch across...
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...
Farm to Trouble: As conservation lags, so does progress in slashing Gulf’s ‘dead zone’
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoOne year away from a federal deadline to reduce nutrient runoff into the Gulf of Mexico by 20%,...
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...
Nearly a Million Dead Fish Wash Up on Louisiana Coast, Commercial Fishing Boats to Blame
Outdoor Life via Yahoo News· 9 months agoLocal residents counted more than 300 dead redfish among the hundreds of thousands of dead menhaden...
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) ...