A 'dead zone' is growing in the Gulf of Mexico. It's now the size of New Jersey

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 ...
WWNO

Size of 'dead zone' in the Gulf expected to be about average this year. Funding woes for research and action could be much bigger.

The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which president Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, predicts the section of water where oxygen is unnaturally low will be about ...
CBS News

New Jersey-sized "dead zone" that can kill fish and marine life emerges in Gulf of Mexico

More than 4 million acres of marine life habitat have become a "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the lives of fish and other marine animals, NOAA said on Thursday. Although this is an ...
PBS

A ‘dead zone’ the size of Massachusetts could hit the Gulf this summer

April showers might mean May flowers, but this year’s May showers could bring a giant choking swarm of death to wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico. On Monday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
NOLA.com

'Dead zone' the size of Connecticut expected along Louisiana coast, scientists say

Size of low-oxygen dead zone measured each July along Louisiana's coast since 1985, in orange. Estimated size of this year's low-oxygen area, in red, based on the amount of nitrogen carried by the ...
CNET

Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' could explode to the size of Massachusetts

This summer the area -- where oxygen concentration is so low it chokes out marine life -- could reach a near-record size. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist ...
NOLA.com

The low-oxygen Gulf 'dead zone' could be three times the size of Rhode Island; here's why

The 2021 summertime "dead zone" along the Louisiana and Texas coast lines — an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and bottom-living organisms — is predicted to cover 4,880 square miles of the ...