Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Smaller Than Predicted, Still Harmful

Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Smaller Than Predicted, Still Harmful By Environmental News Service5 August 2011CHAUVIN, Louisiana, August 5, 2011 (ENS) - This year's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is roughly equal to the land area of the state of New Jersey, scientists said this week. At 6,765 square miles, this area of [...]

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Experts say more is needed to stop dead zone

Experts say more is needed to stop dead zone By Nikki Buskey, Houma Courier7 August 2011This year's dead zone, an area of oxygen-starved water that forms annually off the Louisiana coast, is smaller than expected. But scientists and environmentalists say that's an anomaly. They predict it will continue growing because little is done to control [...]

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Scientists: dead zone stresses Gulf, action needed

Scientists: dead zone stresses Gulf, action needed By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press 3 August 2011NEW ORLEANS -- Scientists say the massive area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico, known as the "dead zone" because it kills marine species, will create more problems unless fewer fertilizers are dumped into the Mississippi River. Farm runoff [...]

2011-08-04T16:09:00+00:00August 4th, 2011|News|Comments Off on Scientists: dead zone stresses Gulf, action needed

The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Isn’t Quite Record SizeBut It’s Still Huge

The Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Isn't Quite Record SizeBut It's Still Huge By BRYAN WALSH, TIME1 August 2011  Getty Images Hypoxia sounds like a treatment that pop stars would use to keep from aging, but it's actually one of the most serious—if underreported and invisible—environmental threats in the world. Hypoxia occurs when coastal waters become [...]

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Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ larger than average, but no record

Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' larger than average, but no record By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune1 August 2011The annual low-oxygen "dead zone" along the coasts of Louisiana and Texas covers 6,765 square miles, larger than average and bigger than the state of Connecticut, but is below the size predicted by scientists as a result of [...]

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Did a Storm Distort Mapping of a Gulf Dead Zone?

Did a Storm Distort Mapping of a Gulf Dead Zone? By Joanna M. Foster New York Times 1 August 2011As the Midwest reeled from catastrophic flooding this spring, scientists warned of devastating consequences for the Gulf of Mexico this summer. They feared that chemicals and waste rushing down the Mississippi would result in the largest-ever [...]

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Gulf dead zone large, but not near feared record

Gulf dead zone large, but not near feared record By CAIN BURDEAU and JANET McCONNAUGHEY, Associated Press 1 August 2011NEW ORLEANS — The Gulf of Mexico dead zone, the nation's largest marine area of low oxygen, is one of the biggest on record but did not swell to the record sizes scientists feared after the [...]

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Alarming dead zone grows in the Chesapeake

Alarming dead zone grows in the Chesapeake By Darryl Fears, Washington Post25 July 2011 (Ricky Carioti/THE WASHINGTON POST) - Mike Kirschner and his son Zachary, 10, of Bel Air, Md., fish below the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in Annapolis, Md. A giant underwater “dead zone” in the Chesapeake Bay is growing at an alarming rate because [...]

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NOAA, Partners: Growing Hypoxic Zones Reduce Habitat for Billfish and Tuna

NOAA, Partners: Growing Hypoxic Zones Reduce Habitat for Billfish and Tuna By NOAA22 December 2010 Samples of surface skin slim are taken from this Atlantic sailfish to determine gender.  Download here. (Credit: NOAA) Billfish and tuna, important commercial and recreational fish species, may be more vulnerable to fishing pressure because of shrinking habitat according to [...]

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Authorities don’t know why fish are washing up on the beach in Collier County

Authorities don't know why fish are washing up on the beach in Collier County By The Associated Press19 July 2011NAPLES, Fla. — Authorities don't know what's causing fish to wash ashore along a stretch of beaches in southwest Florida. But Collier County pollution control monitor Rhonda Watkins says she sent water samples and samples of [...]

2011-07-28T05:54:00+00:00July 28th, 2011|News|Comments Off on Authorities don’t know why fish are washing up on the beach in Collier County
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