Mississippi Floods to Raise the Dead Zone in the Gulf By Christina Reed, Discovery News20 June 2011A record-setting dead zone is predicted to occur in the Gulf of Mexico and expected to kill bottom-dwelling fish and other marine life over a significant portion of the seafloor this summer following the rise in nutrient runoff from [...]

Missouri Flooding Expected to Contribute to Record-Level 'Dead Zone' By Heather Claybrook/Mike Clifford, Public News Service - MO20 June 2011ST. LOUIS, Mo. - As Missourians have kept a watchful eye on extreme flooding in the state this spring, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are also watching. They are predicting the floods will [...]

Gulf's "dead zone" could be largest ever By Brandon Richards, KPLCTV19 June 2011Scientists predict this year's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico will be the largest in history. The dead zone, or hypoxic area, is a region of oxygen-depleted water located off the Louisiana coast. The zone is harmful to sea life, and as [...]

Dead Zone Size Predicted to be Between 22,253 and 26,515 Square Kilometers21 June 2011The record-breaking flood of 2011 will likely cause another record-breaking event: the largest Dead Zone ever recorded.  Dr. Nancy Rabalais, along with collegues that include her husband, LSU's Dr. Gene Turner, predict that the increased influx of nutrients carried by the Mississippi [...]

Environment: Gulf dead zone could be the largest ever By Jenney Coberly, Summit County Citizens Voice19 June 2011  2010 Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone showing dissolved oxygen contours. Click on the map to go to the NOAA hypoxia watch page. By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — The 2011 hypoxic dead zone zone in the Gulf [...]

Record-Size Dead Zone Predicted By Eileen Fleming15 June 2011 NEW ORLEANS, LA.  (WWNO) - Professor Nancy Rabalais of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium says two factors are combining to form a dead zone predicted to be the size of Delaware and New Jersey. That's more than 9400 miles covered on the bottom of the Continental shelf. "The [...]

Dead zone may set record By Nikki Buskey, Houma Courier15 June 2011HOUMA — The colossal flow from this year’s record river flooding could trigger the Gulf’s largest-ever dead zone, scientists say. The area of low-to-no oxygen, which scientists attribute to fertilizer runoff flowing the Mississippi River from Midwest farms, blooms off the coasts of Louisiana [...]

Mississippi floods could mean huge Gulf "dead zone" By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent REUTERS 14 June 2011WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This year's record Mississippi River floods are forecast to create the biggest Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" since systematic mapping began in 1985, U.S. scientists reported on Tuesday. Often created by farm chemical run-off carried to [...]

Midwest floods foretell record Gulf dead zone Area starved for oxygen could rival size of one of Great Lakes By ERIC BERGER, HOUSTON CHRONICLE Scientists predict this year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone will grow larger than any they have ever measured. Forecasters say the dead zone will reach its maximum extent later this summer [...]

Mississippi floods to create dead zone By Sheila McNulty, FINANCIAL TIMES 15 June 2011Scientists predict the recent record-breaking floods from the Mississippi River will create the largest oxygen-depleted “dead zone’’ since systematic mapping of such an area off the Louisiana shore began in 1985. Nancy Rabalais, executive director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, and [...]