Creature feature: Dead zones vs. killer hurricanes By Kenneth R. Weiss3:54 PM, July 28, 2008The seasonal low-oxygen "dead zone" off the coast of Louisiana and Texas didn't live up to the forecast as the largest in history. Instead, it was merely the second largest.The reason appears to be that Hurricane Dolly swept through the area, [...]
Researcher says Gulf dead zone bigger than everJuly 23, 2008-Houston ChronicleHOUSTON - A "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas-Louisiana coast this year is likely to be the biggest ever and last longer than ever before, with marine life affected for hundreds of miles, a scientist warned."It's definitely the worst we've seen [...]
Record Gulf Dead Zone Is Expected By CORNELIA DEANJuly 16, 2008--New York TimesScientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium predicted that this year's summer dead zone off the Louisiana coast would be the largest ever and would threaten commercial and recreational fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. The scientists, who attributed the dead zone in [...]
Scientists predict largest dead zone ever By Nikki BuskeyTuesday, July 15, 2008 at 6:57 p.m. HOUMA - Louisiana scientists are once again forecasting that this year's dead zone - an expanse of low-to-no oxygen water resting off the state's coast - will be the biggest ever recorded.The LUMCON and Louisiana State University researchers are predicting [...]
More corn seen increasing 'dead zones' By Dennis O'BrienJuly 16, 2008Increasing corn production is expected to spawn an oxygen-starved "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico larger than anything seen in 23 years of recordkeeping - an 8,800-square-mile area, roughly the size of New Jersey - researchers said yesterday. "It's had a disastrous effect on [...]
Midwest floods will make a bigger Gulf dead zone By JIM BRADSHAWJULY 17, 2008Record flooding in the American Midwest will likely bring a record "dead zone" to the Gulf of Mexico this summer, according to a new report. Donald Scavia, a researcher at the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment, says the [...]
US floods to create record 'dead zone' By Catherine Brahic 17:59 15 July 2008--NewScientist.com news service The floods may be over, but their effects are still being felt far from the US farms that were hit when the levees broke this summer.Researchers say that the floods which devastated the Midwest in June could play a [...]
Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" to hit record size: NOAA By Chris BaltimoreTue Jul 15, 2008 9:19pm BSTBy Chris BaltimoreHOUSTON (Reuters) - The Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" -- a swath of algae-laden water with oxygen levels low enough to choke out marine life -- will likely reach record size this year, and the main [...]
NOAA and Louisiana Scientists Predict Largest Gulf of MexicoJuly 15, 2008NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Louisiana State University are forecasting that the "dead zone" off the coast of Louisiana and Texas in the Gulf of Mexico this summer could be the largest on record. The researchers are predicting the area could measure [...]
Record Gulf dead zone predicted By STEVEN WARD, Advocate staff writer 15 July 2008--THE ADVOCATEThis year's "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is predicted to be 8,800 square miles, the largest recorded in history, scientists with LSU and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said today.The prediction was released during a midday telephone news [...]
