Scientists fear mass extinction as oceans choke By Amy Simmons1 December 2010 Low oxygen levels, which have been found along south-eastern Australia, are known to increase stress on fish. (Reuters: Ho New) More than 400 ocean dead zones - areas so low in oxygen that sea life cannot survive - have been reported by oceanographers [...]

Seeds of Gulf Dead Zones Are Draining from U.S. Farms By Cornell University26 November 2010 Newswise — If you want to grow a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, you first need to plant a seed in the rich farmland of the upper Mississippi River basin. A study recently published in the Journal of Environmental [...]

You can stop factory farming By Weekender, NEPAs20 October 2010Factory Farming is the term used to describe an area that raises livestock in confinement for mass production and is basically operated like a factory. The point of these so-called farms is to produce as much product as possible all while running the production at a [...]

Tiles, Farms and the Dead Zone By Editorial, New York Times20 October 2010Every year, usually beginning in late spring, an oxygen-depleted dead zone forms in the Gulf of Mexico at the Mississippi River’s mouth, killing off fish, shrimp and other marine life. By the time cooler weather restores life to the zone, the fishing industry [...]

Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" caused by ethanol production By David Gutierrez, staff writer, Natural News.com28 October 2010Ethanol, billed by Congress as a "green fuel," may be responsible for the second-largest dead zone in the world. The foremost cause of aquatic dead zones is fertilizer runoff from agricultural operations, which leads to an explosion of [...]

Don't let dead zone delay coastal work By DAILY WORLD21 October 2010Maybe you look at it this way: A recent bit of news casts doubt on the opinion of some Louisiana observers, including this editorial page, that a newly named federal commission doesn't need a year to develop a strategy for coastal restoration. Scientists have [...]

Did Gulf Spill Boost "Dead Zone"? By National Geographic Daily News25 October 2010(Click here for video) Microbes consuming oil from the Gulf of Mexico's BP spill deplete oxygen levels when they die, raising the threat of an expanded "dead zone," which endangers some marine life. Now scientists are using years of dead-zone data to determine [...]

Barbara Coffin, Larkin McPhee: Documentary was carefully researched By BARBARA COFFIN and LARKIN MCPHEE, The Star Tribune, Minnesota12 October 2010 We appreciated David Mulla's commentary ("'Troubled Waters' tells only part of the water-quality story," Oct. 10) noting that our documentary tells a "powerful story about unintended pollution." However, Mulla was wrong in stating that the [...]

Massive dead zone may be intensified by oil By by Katie Moore / Eyewitness News12 October 2010 NEW ORLEANS -- One of the greatest fears of the BP oil spill was that the oil would cause massive dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. Right now, just off Louisiana's coast, two dead zones are in [...]

Scientists find dead zone in Chandeleur Sound off Louisiana, Mississippi coast By Chris Kirkham, The Times-Picayune12 October 2010 The BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not considered a primary cause of the Chandeleur Sound dead zone, because a similar dead zone was detected in 2008, when there was no spill. These shrimp [...]