TROPICAL STORMS PUT THE OXYGEN BACK INTO THE "DEAD ZONE" By Danielle RichardiPRESS RELEASE, JULY 29, 2003 Two tropical storms in as many weeks have mixed up the coastal waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico and disrupted the usual widespread extent of summertime waters severely depleted in oxygen, reports Dr. Nancy Rabalais who just [...]
Summer 2002 HypoxiaPRESS RELEASE, JULY 26, 2002 Once again the estimated size of the Dead Zone off Louisiana and Texas has grown past previous years at 22,000 sq. km (= 8,500 sq. mi.), reports Dr. Nancy Rabalais who just completed this summer's mapping. The area it stretches across the Gulf of Mexico sea floor is [...]
Mississippi to Mexico1/23/02, The Osgood File (CBS Radio Network); The American Communications Foundation Nancy Rabalais is watching the Gulf of Mexico suffocate. She's the world's foremost expert on the dying section of the Gulf near the Mississippi. According to Rabalais, if you were scuba diving in the Gulf fifty years ago, you would have seen [...]
Local marine biologist feels bonded to Gulf September 10, 2001; The Courierby John DeSantis, Senior Staff Writer COCODRIE - Initially, Nancy Rabalais had plans for a short stay. A research project on the oil and gas industry’s effects on Gulf of Mexico waters brought Rabalais, then a University of Texas doctoral candidate, to this [...]
LUMCON researcher will lead national ocean policy committeeSeptember 7, 2001; The Courier By JOHN DeSANTIS Senior Staff Writer A local professor whose work includes extensive charting of the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" will take on a new responsibility as chair of a national committee that helps formulate national policy on oceans and related issues. [...]
TROPICAL STORM BARRY STIRS IT UP, BUT DEAD ZONE RETURNS August 16, 2001; Press Release Earlier reports this summer documented the dead zone off Louisiana and Texas to be the largest ever, stretching from the Mississippi River delta onto the upper Texas coast. The record-breaking size was just over 8,000 sq. mi., approaching the size [...]
Mapping Press Release July 2001July 26, 2001This summer’s dead zone off Louisiana and Texas surpassed the previous record size of 1999 at 20,720 sq. km. (= 8,006 sq. mi.). This year’s zone also extended into Texas waters. “Because of time constraints, we weren’t able to map the entire extent into Texas,” reported Nancy Rabalais, chief [...]
A Nice Day To Be On the Water By Josh CollinsMarch 30, 2001 Dr. Rabalais' group took a trip on the Acadiana to replace their existing mooring with an identical one on the 22nd. This is the site for three YSI meters that measure such things as dissolved oxygen, conductivity and temperature at three vertical [...]
Dr. Rabalais' Research Highlighted in "Science" Magazine By Josh CollinsFebruary 28, 2001 "Science" Magazine Writes Article About Nancy Rabalais Congratulations to Dr. Nancy "Queen of the Dead Zone" Rabalais, who was featured in the February 9 issue of "Science" Magazine as perhaps the most regarded scientist when dealing with the Dead Zone in the Gulf [...]
Mapping of the Dead Zone CompletedJuly 26, 2000/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MappingPressRelease2000.doc Scientists just completed mapping this summer’s area of low oxygen off the Louisiana coast. The area covers 4,400 km2 (1,700 square miles), the smallest zone since the Mississippi River drought conditions of 1988. This year’s zone was 1/5 the size of the 1999 record-breaking 20,000 km2 (7,728 [...]