The 1978 deluge began when remnants of a tropical storm crossed the Gulf of Mexico and entered Texas north of Brownsville. When it was over, 33 were dead.

Search efforts continue for a fourth day as a girls' summer camp confirms 27 children and staff are dead, with 10 campers and ...

Search efforts continue for a fourth day as a girls' summer camp confirms 27 children and staff are among the dead.

The victims include children who vanished along the river banks at Camp Mystic, where most of the dead have been recovered.

The United States consumes massive quantities of ammonium phosphate, yet remains heavily reliant on imports from China, ...

Denmark is launching its presidency of the European Union with a ceremony on Thursday in the western city of Aarhus. Its six ...

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 ...

Every summer, a dead zone forms in the Gulf of Mexico, creating a hypoxic area where oxygen levels are too low to support marine life. This phenomenon affects millions of acres, rendering them ...

Scientists recently discovered a dead zone in the Missisisppi Sound. We explain how big it is, how it got there and what is being done about it.

The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is a complex environmental issue, but it is also a solvable problem. We can avoid the ecological and economic damage that results from allowing algae to choke the Gulf.

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” — an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 6,705 square ...