TROPICAL STORM BARRY STIRS IT UP, BUT DEAD ZONE RETURNS

TROPICAL STORM BARRY STIRS IT UP, BUT DEAD ZONE RETURNS August 16, 2001; Press Release Earlier reports this summer documented the dead zone off Louisiana and Texas to be the largest ever, stretching from the Mississippi River delta onto the upper Texas coast.  The record-breaking size was just over 8,000 sq. mi., approaching the size [...]