CNN Video on the Louisiana Hypoxia
August 20, 2008
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'Dead zones' - coming to a coast near you
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Coastal Dead Zones Are Growing
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
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Scientists alarmed by ocean dead-zone growth
(08-14) 18:03 PDT
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August 14, 2008
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Ocean Dead Zones Growing; May Be Linked to Warming
May 1, 2008
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Ocean dead zones become a worldwide problem
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Ocean 'dead zones' expanding worldwide: study
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'Dead Zones' Appear In Waters Worldwide New Study Estimates More Than 400
Friday, August 15, 2008; Page A02
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Ocean Dead Zones on the Rise
August 14, 2008
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Report: Dolly Aerated Gulf Dead Zone
Weekly News Summary For August 11 - August 17, 2008:
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LETTER: Ethanol and the Dead Zone
August 6, 2008
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Gulf Dead Zone Escapes Record for Now
August 5, 2008--From theTrumpet.com
Dead zones, jellyfish plagues, penguins near the equator, and nonexistent fish: What are our troubled oceans trying to tell us?
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Global Warming Did It! Well, Maybe Not.
Sunday, August 3, 2008; Page B01
We're stuck on the notion that climate change is the culprit every time a natural disaster strikes. But that's just muddying the waters.
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Federal and state agencies must find ways to control fertilizer runoff feeding Gulf of Mexico's dead zone.
Aug. 4, 2008, 11:01PM
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Join fight against dead zones
AUGUST 3, 2008
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EDITORIAL: Death in the Gulf of Mexico
August 4, 2008
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Floods strip soil from Midwest fields--Environmentalists, farmers at odds
JULY 28, 2008
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Groups seek limits on Mississippi River pollution
Thu, Jul. 31, 2008
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A 'Dead Zone' in The Gulf of Mexico--Scientists Say Area That Cannot Support Some Marine Life Is Near Record Size
Thursday, July 31, 2008; A02
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Dead zone second-largest on record
July, 29, 2008
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`Dead zone' not a record, ties for No. 2
Jul 29, 2008
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Dead zone is not a record setter thanks to hurricane
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
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Groups seek limits on Mississippi, Gulf pollution
07.30.08, 6:00 PM ET
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Hurricane Dolly Helps Shrink Gulf 'Dead Zone'
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
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Creature feature: Dead zones vs. killer hurricanes
3:54 PM, July 28, 2008
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Researcher says Gulf dead zone bigger than ever
July 23, 2008-Houston Chronicle
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Record Gulf Dead Zone Is Expected
July 16, 2008--New York Times
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Scientists predict largest dead zone ever
Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 6:57 p.m.
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More corn seen increasing 'dead zones'
July 16, 2008
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Midwest floods will make a bigger Gulf dead zone
JULY 17, 2008
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US floods to create record 'dead zone'
17:59 15 July 2008--NewScientist.com news service
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Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" to hit record size: NOAA
Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:19pm BST
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NOAA and Louisiana Scientists Predict Largest Gulf of Mexico
July 15, 2008
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Record Gulf dead zone predicted
15 July 2008--THE ADVOCATE
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LUMCON on Channel 6 news
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Gulf of Mexico's dead zone expands
July 12, 2008--Science News
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Summer Storms Could Mean More Dead Zones
July 11, 2008
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Streamflow and Nutrient Delivery to the Gulf of Mexico for October 2007 to June 2008 (Preliminary)
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Water Over Road
06/28/2008--AMES TRIBUNE
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Spring Nutrient Delivery to the Gulf Estimated Among Highest in Three Decades
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Water Over Road
06/28/2008--AMES TRIBUNE
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Midwest flooding may worsen dead zone
Sunday, June 29, 2008, Houma Courier
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Restore wetlands, shift to prairie for energy crops
June 29, 2008--Des Moines Register
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Nitrogen Loading Into Mississippi River To Cause Expansion Of Marine Dead Zone To 10,000 Square Miles
June 26, 2008 8:56 a.m. EST
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Our Opinion: Health of Gulf waters requires full commitment
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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Floods may yield record Gulf 'dead zone'
June 26, 2008
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Editorial: Now is the time to stop the dead zone
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
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Iowa Flooding Could Be An Act of Man, Experts Say
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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Dead Zone at its largest, set to grow Increased ethanol production hurting Gulf
6/24/08
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U.S. May Free Up More Land for Corn Crops
June 21, 2008
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This year's dead zone could be largest ever recorded
June 18, 2008 05:33 PM CDT
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Times-Picayune EDITORIAL: Dead zone dead end
Monday, June 23, 2008
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2008 Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Could Be Largest Ever
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 18, 2008
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Dead zone threatens Miss., too Oxygen-poor water off La. may spread this way, killing marine life
JACKSON.GANNETT.COM; JUNE 23, 2008
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Some coastal woes begin far inland
June 24, 2008
Farm runoff creates dead zones offshore, but no national authority is tasked to address them.
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Flood, size of gulf dead zone linked Extra farm runoff in the Mississippi to increase area with no oxygen
Associated Press; June 21, 2008
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Dead-zone problem needs real solution
Daily Advertiser.com; June 13, 2008
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Another Problem with Biofuels?
Time.com; Mar 12, 2008
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The Gulf's Growing 'Dead Zone'
Time.com; June 17, 2008
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Minnesota, EPA launch steps to reduce dead zone in Gulf of Mexico
Minnesota Public Radio; June 17, 2008
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Summit tackles 'dead zone'
The Times-Picayune; June 18, 2008
Largest-ever blight in Gulf is predicted
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Louisiana Signs New Hypoxia Action Plan with Other Mississippi River States
Louisiana CPRA For Immediate Release: June 16, 2008
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Task Force Releases US Gulf Dead Zone Plan
Houston ICIS News; June 16 2008
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Red tide recipe flows into Gulf
Sarasota Herald Tribune; June 17, 2008
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Experts predict Gulf dead zone will extend toward Texas this summer
The Enterprise, Beaumont, Texas; June 17 2008
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Gulf dead zone could be largest ever
Eyewitness News 4WWL, WWLTV.COM; June 16, 2008
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Dead zone to expand
Los Angeles Times; June 13, 2008
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Scientists Blame Corn For Growing Dead Zone
St.Louis Post-Dispatch, posted by Truth About Trade and Technology; June 12, 2008
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Shades Of Stephen King: Gulf's Dead Zone Growing
The Tampa Tribune; June 14, 2008
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Dead-zone problem needs real solution
The Advertiser, Lafayette, Louisiana; June 13, 2008
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Killer tornadoes and the dead zone
USA Today; June 12, 2008
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Gulf Dead Zone Likely to Set Record
U.S. News & World Report; June 14, 2008
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Gulf Plan May Drive EPA Bid For Water Trading In Mississippi Basin
Daily News from INSIDEEPA.COM; June 13, 2008
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Halting Hypoxia
Civil Engineering; June 2008
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Forecast: Dead zone off La., Texas coasts to grow
Associated Press; June 10, 2008
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Dead zone off La-Texas coast to grow
Houston Chronicle; June 9, 2008
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Dead zone in gulf could be largest on record
MSNBC; June 10, 2008
Forecast: Fish could suffocate in area bigger than 10,000 square miles
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Agriculture blamed as Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" grows
denverpost.com; June 10, 2008
The area this year may be the biggest ever. Fertilizer for crops washes into the Mississippi and on into the gulf.
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Scientists say floods could add to 'Dead Zone'
DesMoinesRegister.com; June 10, 2008
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Scientists say Midwestern farms cause large dead zone
Kansas City Star; June 10, 2008
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Dead zone in Gulf could be biggest ever recorded
Houma Courier; June 11, 2008
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PRESS RELEASE: Dead Zone Present and Growing, Record Year Predicted
10 June 2008
A team of scientists from Louisiana State University (LSU) and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium is forecasting that the Dead Zone off the coast of Louisiana and Texas in July this summer will be the largest since shelfwide measurements began in 1985.
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Is corn boom expanding Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone'?
Star Tribune, June 2 2008
Some fear an ethanol-fueled harvest in the Midwest may be behind the hard times for marine life at the other end of the Mississippi River.
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Dead Zones Grow in the Gulf of Mexico
U.S. News and World Report; June 6, 2008
How U.S. farming policy leads to 'dead zones,' huge marine areas where nothing can grow
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Dead water
May 15, 2008; The Economist
Too much nitrogen being washed into the sea is causing dead zones to spread alarmingly
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My Trip to the Dead Zone
Point of Vue, Houma; May 2008
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Water pollution: Dawn of the 'Dead Zones'
CNN; April 21, 2008
Agricultural pollution has a caused a 'Dead Zone' in the Gulf of Mexico
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Lake Erie undergoing 'huge' ecological changes
The Windsor Star; April 28, 2008
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NEWS ANALYSIS: Fuel Choices, Food Crises and Finger-Pointing
New York Times; April 15, 2008
The idea of turning farms into fuel plants seemed, for a time, like one of the answers to high global oil prices and supply worries. That strategy seemed to reach a high point last year when Congress mandated a fivefold increase in the use of biofuels.
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Workshops focus on conservation
Bay City Tribune; April 9, 2008
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Ethanol pollution in Gulf of Mexico
The Hindu; Online Edition of India's National Newspaper; Apr 10, 2008
While the search for alternative fuels is in full swing in many countries in order to reduce dependency on pollution causing conventional fuels an ironic situation is emerging where the rush in the United States to produce corn-based ethanol as an alternative fuel will likely worsen pollution in the Gulf of Mexico and expand the annual dead zone.
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Dead zones regularly haunt coast
Houston Chronicle; April 3, 2008
Low-oxygen waters known as dead zones have appeared as regularly as the tides along the Texas coast, according to a new Texas A&M University study.
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America's grasslands vanishing amid agricultural boom
USA Today; April 4, 2008
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'Dead zone' off Texas coast poses threat to marine life
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram; April 2, 2008
A dead zone of oxygen-depleted water has lurked off the Louisiana coast for years, but a Texas A&M scientist now says the same condition exists off Texas.
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Gulf Coast 'dead zone' growing, researchers say
Houston Business Journal, April 2, 2008
Texas A&M University researchers have confirmed that a still-growing "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico extends along the entire length of the Texas Gulf Coast.
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Dead zone plan adrift
Environmental Science & Technology Online News Feed; April 2, 2008
Critics say the new action plan is not tough enough and won't succeed without federal funding.
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Inconvenient reality
The East Oregonian; April 1, 2008
Bradbury assigns task of slowing down climate change
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Dead Zone Off Texas Coast Existed Since 1985
Science Daily; April 1, 2008
Researchers at Texas A&M University have confirmed for the first time that a "dead zone" has existed off the Texas coast for at least the past 23 years and will likely remain there, causing potential harmful effects to marine life in the area.
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Our Views: Muddy water for marshes?
The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Mar 16, 2008
Halfway home and getting nowhere.
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Fertilizer Runoff Overwhelms Streams and Rivers--Creating Vast "Dead Zones"
Scientific American online; March 14, 2008
The nation's waterways are brimming with excess nitrogen from fertilizer--and plans to boost biofuel production threaten to aggravate an already serious situation
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Corn ethanol is worsening the Gulf dead zone
mongabay.com; March 10, 2008
Proposed legislation that will expand corn-ethanol production in the United States will worsen the growing "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico and hurt marine fisheries, report researchers writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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EDITORIAL: Ethanol's toll
The Times Picayune; Friday, March 14, 2008
Congress wants U.S. production of corn-based ethanol to reach 15 billion gallons by 2022, but that target has dire consequences for another important goal: shrinking the Gulf of Mexico dead zone to a quarter of its size by 2015.
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More ethanol will expand Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone': report
CBS News, March 10, 2008
Ramping up ethanol production for alternative fuels will worsen the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, a stretch of water unable to support aquatic life, according to a report co-written by the University of British Columbia.
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Report links fuel to dead zone
Times Picayune, March 12, 2008
Producing ethanol puts fertilizer in river
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US corn biofuels will expand Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone': scientists
March 11, 2008
A planned increase in US ethanol production from corn would spell environmental "disaster" for marine species in the Gulf of Mexico, said a co-author of a science study published Monday.
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Biofuels push could boost Gulf dead zone
The Advocate, Baton Rouge; March 11, 2008
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Indiana can't afford to ignore its environment
Indiana Star; March 3, 2008
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Success eludes dead-zone task force
The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette, Louisiana; March 3, 2008
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How Green Are Bamboo Clothes?
The Green Guide
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Revised plan to curb 'dead zone' wins nod but doubts renewed about reaching goal
The Times-Picayune; March 01, 2008
A cadre of state and federal officials signed off on a revised plan to limit the Gulf of Mexico's oxygen-starved
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EDITORIAL: No life in dead zone fight
The Times-Picayune; March 01, 2008
A revised plan to shrink the Gulf of Mexico dead zone by 2015 will not revive the moribund effort to cure this ecological disaster; in fact, critics say that the new version of the plan is weaker than the one first adopted seven years ago.
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Gulf dead zone plan stagnates
The Times-Picayune; February 28, 2008
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Job well done, LUMCON
Tri-Parish Times; February 15, 2008
With little fanfare, it was announced that Terrebonne Parish's Dr. Nancy Rabalais, executive director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) was chosen to receive the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography's Ruth Patrick Award.
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LUMCON scientists frustrated with dwindling dollars for research
Tri-Parish Times, February 13, 2008
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Dead zone rose up from ocean two years ago, scientists say
Canwest News Service; February 14 and February 15, 2008
The
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State helps 'dead zone' grow
Ozarks Local News, News-Leader.com, Springfield, MO; February 11, 2008
Study: Missouri one of 9 states whose pollution creates a huge lifeless area in Gulf of Mexico.
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New map shows nutrient threat to coastal areas
Earth&Sky; February 2008
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Mindy Selman on agriculture and eutrophication
Earth&Sky; 12 February 08
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Indiana among worst contributors to Gulf 'dead zone'
Associated Press, Feb 4, 2008
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Iowa helped create 'dead zone'; should help fix it
DesMoines Register; February 9, 2008
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Indiana among top Gulf polluters
The Indianapolis Star, February 5, 2008
Study: Midwest farms are responsible for much of the runoff that creates coastal 'dead zone'
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Kentucky, Indiana blamed for polluting Gulf waters
Louisville Courier - Journal, February 4, 2008
There's a Massachusetts-size
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Officials can help solve dead-zone issue
The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette; 2 February 2008
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EDITORIAL: The nutrient nine
Times-Picayune; February 1, 2008
The Mississippi River drains a huge part of the country -- 31 states and two Canadian provinces -- but just nine states are responsible for most of the nutrient pollution that ends up in the Gulf of Mexico and causes the annual dead zone off Louisiana's coast.
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Mapping Coastal Eutrophication
Resilience Science; Ecosystem services, Greenlash, Regime Shifts and Visualization; Jan 28, 2008
The World Resources Institute and Virginia Institute of Marine Science, has updated Diaz et als recent map of coastal eutrophication. They identify 169 hypoxic areas, 233 areas of concern, and 13 systems in recovery.
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Livestock Sector Drives Increasing Water Pollution
World Resources Institute; Earth Trends Environmental Information; January 30, 2008
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U.S. study says Iowa among main Gulf polluters
Des Moines Register; 30 January 2008
Farms in Iowa and eight other Midwestern and Southern states are causing most of the pollution that creates a "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, a government study says.
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Dead zone diet
Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mi; January 30, 2008
Farms and their animals feed Gulf's algae
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9 states deemed biggest dead zone contributors
Times-Picayune; 30 January 2008
They produce bulk of nutrient runoff
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Media Advisory: Agriculture Practices in 9 States Contribute Majority of Excessive Nutrients to Northern Gulf of Mexico
1/24/2008
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Mississippi water flows see increase
Baton Rouge Advocate; January 27, 2008
Farming practices since 50s found responsible for trend
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Turn tide on Florida pollution
Palm Beach Post; January 23, 2008
Red tide makes people cough and sneeze, and kills fish, dolphins and manatees. Once rare on the Florida's east coast, it appeared again during the holidays, for the third time since 2002.
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EDITORIAL: On our team
Times-Picayune; January 8, 2008
Louisiana State and Ohio State universities have been working together since 2003 to reduce nutrient pollution, and that kind of partnership is important in addressing this multi-state issue.
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Grass Makes Better Ethanol than Corn
Scientific American; January 8, 2008
Midwestern farms prove switchgrass could be the right crop for producing ethanol to replace gasoline
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Dead Serious
SCIENCE NEWS Online; Week of Dec. 22, 2007; Vol. 172, No. 25/26 , p. 395
Experts worry about lack of progress in efforts to reduce lifeless zone in the Gulf of Mexico
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400-Plus Coastal Zones Are Dying
The Daily Green; January 9, 2008
Carbon Isn't the Only Global Cycle Out of Whack
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LSU, Ohio State team up in quest to save wetlands
Times-Picayune; January 6, 2008
Researchers striving to cut river pollution
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Gulf Dead Zone Grows With Ethanol Demand
MSNBC, January 2, 2008
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Dead zone in Gulf due to increased fertilizer runoff
keyetv.com; January 2, 2008
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Editorial: Guarding the Gulf
Houston Chronicle, Jan 1, 2008
Preserving the quality of our offshore waters is a worthy New Year's resolution for area leaders.
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Corn and water
The News & Observer, January 2, 2008
Another disadvantage of corn-based ethanol production plays out in the Gulf of Mexico. North Carolina should pay heed
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