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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Their study predicts the hypoxic zone to be around 4,800 square miles, taking into account how warmer water temperatures have altered the Gulf’s complex food web, helping reduce the dead zone.

How does the “dead zone” happen? These hypoxic or “dead zones” occur naturally in the Gulf every year. However, human interactions can cause them to grow larger. Excess nutrients come down ...

That study predicts the hypoxic zone to be around 4,800 square miles by taking into account how warmer water temperatures have altered the complex food web, helping reduce the dead-zone.

Reducing the hypoxic zone before it becomes the final nail in the coffin for shrimping in the Gulf is part of the Task Force’s plan. Daigle said now is the time to really drive home on these ...

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

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