RT en Español 5 August 2021 The so-called 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico, an area with little or no oxygen that can kill fish and all marine life, is larger than average this year ,  the National Oceanic Administration announced Tuesday. and US Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This phenomenon, which is repeated every year, is mainly caused by [...]

Jessica Meszaros | WUSF Public Media - WUSF 89.7 4 August 2021 This year's hypoxic zone, or "dead zone", in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its partners announced during a virtual press conference Tuesday. It is 6,334 square miles, or nearly 1,000 square miles more than [...]

Warren Cornwall | Science 23 April 2021 In a swamp at the edge of Louisiana's Barataria Bay, plastic-capped GPS antennas sprout like oversize mushrooms from four small wooden platforms. The gear, which helps scientists monitor changes in the surrounding marsh, is easy to miss in this expanse of water and swampland the size of [...]

Deanna Conners / EarthSky 26 August 2020 Thanks to July’s Hurricane Hanna, the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone is much smaller this summer than usual. Researchers say the storm stirred up the area of low-oxygen water. This week’s Tropical Storm Marco and Hurricane Laura – currently causing havoc in the Gulf – are likely further disrupting the Gulf’s 2020 dead [...]

Tyler Sebree / WSFA 12 News 14 August 2020 In a year with a whole bunch going on across the country, many of us are trying to find some positive news. While that may be easier said than done, there is some phenomenal news coming from the Gulf of Mexico this summer! The National Oceanic [...]

NOAA News 4 August 2020 NOAA-supported scientists have determined this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone”— an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 2,116 square miles, or equivalent to 1.4 million acres of habitat potentially unavailable to fish and bottom species. The measured size of [...]

Rocky Kistner / HuffPost 5 June 2020 Barataria Bay is a marshy jewel in the heart of the vast Louisiana bayou. Its unparalleled natural ecosystem was once a hideout for smugglers and malcontents like Jean Lafitte, who ruled the labyrinth of marshlands and estuaries. By the early 20th century, oil and gas had taken [...]

Mark Schleifstein / NOLA.com 10 April 2020 Several blooms of greenish algae have been spotted along both the north and south shores of Lake Pontchartrain, just a week after the Bonnet Carre Spillway was opened by the Army Corps of Engineers to reduce the threat to the New Orleans area from high water in the river. Geologist [...]