Now, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted that this summer's Gulf of Mexico dead zone could grow to around 7,829 square miles—or about the same size as the ...

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 ...

The average Gulf dead zone is about 5,309 square miles; the record is 8,776 square miles set in 2017. A dead zone occurs at the bottom of a body of water when there isn't enough oxygen in the ...

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.

This year, the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico entered into the top third of largest dead zones in records that go back 38 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

The “dead zone” forms in the Gulf of Mexico every summer. It’s caused by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, largely from farm fertilizer and municipal runoff, which are carried down the ...

The Gulf Of Mexico's Dead Zone Is The Biggest Ever Seen : The Salt A record-setting "dead zone," where water doesn't have enough oxygen for fish to survive, has appeared this summer.

Scientists say tropical weather stirred up the Gulf of Mexico, reducing this year's low-oxygen dead zone off Louisiana's coast to the third-smallest ever measured. Skip to content.

Gulf of Mexico dead zone, July 2017. The map shows an area nearly 400 miles (643km) across. N. Rabalais, LSU/LUMCON Fish and other mobile sea creatures are able to escape ...

And the northern Gulf of Mexico dead zone is the second largest human-caused dead zone in the ocean," said Nancy Rabalais, the nation's foremost expert on dead zones. She's been measuring oxygen ...

Scientists first discovered a dead zone in the Gulf in 1972 The number of dead zones across the globe is growing They cost U.S. seafood and tourism industries $82 million a year, NOAA estimates ...

This year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone is the largest ever since tracking began in 1985. Here's what that means, how it got so big, and what needs to be done. Satellite view of the Gulf of Mexico NASA ...