Scientists warn of near-record "dead zone" in Gulf of Mexico following major flooding 05:12. Nearly 6,000 square miles - an area roughly the size of Connecticut - will become a "dead zone" for ...

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. For ...

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. For ...

Image showing (Top) Map of measured Gulf hypoxia zone, July 21–26, 2024. Red area denotes 2 mg/L of oxygen or lower, the level which is considered hypoxic, at the bottom of the seafloor.

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 ...

Scientists have released their 2023 forecast for the so-called "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico — predicting it will be about 4,100 square miles this summer. That's much bigger than last year ...

The Gulf of Mexico dead zone this year is a larger than expected 6,705 square miles, NOAA reported Thursday. It's an area of very low to no oxygen that kills marine life. Dr. Jill Tupitza and ...

A “dead zone” the size of Connecticut is choking plant and animal life in the Gulf of Mexico and Arkansas is contributing to the problem– though it’s not clear how much.

To heal the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone, we have to look north to Midwest farms There’s a massive area in the Gulf of Mexico that’s so low in oxygen, aquatic life can’t survive there.

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. For ...

A so-called "dead zone" the size of Connecticut is set to wreak havoc in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has forecast.