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 [...]

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Gulf of Mexico's dead zone expandsJuly 12, 2008--Science NewsRESTON, Va., July 12 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers said heavy streamflows are sending record amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus into the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. Geological Survey said spring nutrient delivery from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin to the northern Gulf of Mexico was among the highest [...]

Summer Storms Could Mean More Dead Zones By Maria FrosticJuly 11, 2008These images show how ocean color changes from summer (top) to winter (bottom) in the Gulf of Mexico. They were created from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies about NASA's Aqua satellite. Reds and oranges represent high concentrations of phytoplankton and [...]

Streamflow and Nutrient Delivery to the Gulf of Mexico for October 2007 to June 2008 (Preliminary)Preliminary estimates of monthly nutrient fluxes from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico are provided in July each year for the previous nine months (October through June). These data are used by scientists to estimate the [...]

Water Over Road By Dennis Keeney06/28/2008--AMES TRIBUNEThe orange road sign said it all "WATER OVER ROAD." It blocked the entrance to Vandalia road from the north off of highway 65 on Friday, June 6. By June 10, even Highway 65 was closed by flooding.      From Ames to Waverly, the state has taken a major hit. [...]

Spring Nutrient Delivery to the Gulf Estimated Among Highest in Three Decades By USGSSpring nutrient delivery from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin to the northern Gulf of Mexico is estimated to be among the highest in the last three decades.   Nutrient delivery, particularly during the months of April through June, has been identified as one of [...]

Midwest flooding may worsen dead zone By DEE DEE THURSTON, Managing EditorSunday, June 29, 2008, Houma CourierHOUMA -- Flooding in the Midwest is swelling the Mississippi River, sending increased water through Louisiana and into the Gulf of Mexico -- a phenomenon that has left researchers confident that their dire dead-zone predictions are right on track.Scientists [...]

Restore wetlands, shift to prairie for energy crops By ANDREW HUGJune 29, 2008--Des Moines RegisterAfter yet another series of tragic floods in Iowa, citizens and local and state governments are evaluating how to mitigate them in the future. Experts are proposing higher, stronger levees, restrictions on construction in flood plains, buyouts of properties that flood [...]