Gulf’s dead zone growing, despite pledge to control
Gulf's dead zone growing, despite pledge to control By There's more runoff depleting the oxygenThe Times-Picayune; Sunday, June 10, 2007By Chris Kirkhamhttp://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1181455005222480.xml&coll=1 Every late spring, it forms 12 miles off the Louisiana coast and lasts for months: a sprawling, lifeless band of water known as the "dead zone." Shrimp trawlers steer clear, knowing the low [...]