Is corn boom expanding Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone'? By Conrad WilsonStar Tribune, June 2 2008http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/19473599.html?location_refer=Lifestyle 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.  WASHINGTON - Last fall, the farm fields of the Midwest yielded record profits and [...]

Dead Zones Grow in the Gulf of Mexico By Kent GarberU.S. News and World Report; June 6, 2008http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/national/2008/06/06/dead-zones-grow-in-the-gulf-of-mexico.html How U.S. farming policy leads to 'dead zones,' huge marine areas where nothing can grow Each spring, the cycle of death begins anew. Nitrogen and phosphorus, leached from fertilizer, pass from farmland into streams, from streams into [...]