Farmer Changes Practices to Stop the Gulf Dead Zone By Gabi MooreSep 01, 2010 The Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone has been declared one of the largest ever this year; void of oxygen due primarily to fertilizers that run off into the ocean from Midwestern farms. Thankfully, on the mainland,  farmers like Minnosota’s Tony Thompson [...]

Gulf's 'dead zone' swelled this summer to one of largest areas on record By By Sharon Schmickle , Minn PostThu, Sep 2 2010  MinnPost photo by Sharon SchmickleMatt Rota: "We really aren’t going to know the full impact for years to come." The Gulf of Mexico’s so-called dead zone swelled this summer to afflict one [...]

New Report Warns of Expanding Threat of Hypoxia in U. S. Coastal Waters By NOAA NewsSeptember 3, 2010 A report issued today by key environmental and scientific federal agencies assesses the increasing prevalence of low-oxygen “dead zones” in U.S. coastal waters and outlines a series of research and policy steps that could help reverse the [...]