Gulf of Mexico plagued by record "dead zones" By Jeff FranksAugust 3, 2007; Reuters.com HOUSTON (Reuters) - Researchers have found 9,650 square miles of "dead zones," or oxygen-depleted water, in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, the biggest area since tracking of the annual phenomenon began. They say humans are mostly to blame for the [...]

NOAA AND LOUISIANA SCIENTISTS SAY GULF OF MEXICO "DEAD ZONE" COULD BE LARGEST SINCE MEASUREMENTS BEGAN IN 1985NOAA Magazine; July 17, 2007A team of scientists from NOAA, the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, and Louisiana State University is forecasting that the “dead zone” off the coast of Louisiana and Texas this summer — an area of [...]

Summer deluge spurs Texas 'dead zone' in Gulf By For the first time, Texas has generated its own "dead zone" in coastal waters, scientists say.1 August 2007; Houston Chronicle  For the full story, please go to: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5017120.html By ERIC BERGER The 1,750-square-mile area of oxygen-depleted water, stretching from Freeport to Matagorda Bay, is potentially deadly [...]

'Dead zone' found for first time off Texas coast 31 July 2007; Houston Chronicle For the full story, please go to:  http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5015280.html By Michael Graczyk   Heavy rains that have left the state drought-free for the first time in a decade have also created the first detected extensive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico off [...]

Low-oxygen zone found again off Oregon Coast By Seattle Times staff and The Associated PressTuesday, July 31, 2007 For the sixth year in a row, low-oxygen water has been surveyed off the Oregon Coast, raising the possibility of another dead zone forming this summer that can kill bottom-dwelling sealife. "It does, indeed, appear to be [...]

Dead zone reappears off the Oregon Coast; outlook uncertain By Terry DillmanAugust 01, 2007; Newport News-TimesOregon State University researchers say near-shore, low-oxygen ocean conditions off the Oregon coast have again created a hypoxic region - colloquially termed a "dead zone" - across much of the underwater shelf from Florence to Newport. Depending on its severity, [...]

'Dead zone' ranks thirdJul 30, 2007; By The Associated Press               COCODRIE — The recurring “dead zone” off the Louisiana and Texas coasts isn’t quite as big as predicted earlier this year, but — at 7,900 square miles — is still the third-biggest ever mapped, according to a scientist who has been studying the phenomenon [...]

Dead Zone Is Price Gulf Coast Pays as Farms Cash In on EthanolJuly 23, 2007; Bloomberg.comFor the full story, please go to: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a4Tb2AFv6CRk By Tony CoxJuly 23 (Bloomberg) -- The crop that's bringing prosperity to farmers is making it harder for commercial fishermen in Louisiana to make a living. U.S. farmers this spring planted the [...]

DEAD ZONE SIZE NEAR TOP ENDPRESS RELEASE, JULY 28, 2007; LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM (LUMCON) For the full story please go to: www.gulfhypoxia.net/news/documents/PressRelease07.pdfThe coast wide extent of the Louisiana-Texas "Dead Zone" mapped this week is 20,500 square kilometers (or 7,900 square miles), similar to the size of New Jersey, reported Dr. Nancy Rabalais, Chief Scientist for [...]

Report: Oxygen-depleted 'dead zone' growing in GulfCNN; updated 9:26 p.m. EDT, Tue July 17, 2007For the full story please go to: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/07/17/gulf.deadzone.ap/index.html        Story Highlights        "Dead zone" is at the end of the Mississippi River system        When algae die, decay consumes oxygen        Zone would be the largest measured since mapping began in [...]