EDITORIAL: Death in the Gulf of Mexico By New York TimesAugust 4, 2008Every year for the past couple of decades, scientists have tried to estimate the size of the dead zone that forms where the Mississippi River enters the Gulf of Mexico. Some years it is several times as large as Lake Pontchartrain. Last year [...]

Floods strip soil from Midwest fields--Environmentalists, farmers at odds By DEANNA MARTIN ASSOCIATED PRESSJULY 28, 2008Jim Lankford stood in his field of corn that was damaged by the June flooding in Martinsville, Ind. In some places on his farm, silt is piled up like sand dunes and uprooted trees still litter cornfields more than [...]

Groups seek limits on Mississippi River pollution By MICHAEL J. CRUMB, Associated Press WriterThu, Jul. 31, 2008Environmental groups in nine states have petitioned the federal government to set and enforce pollution standards in the Mississippi River basin and the Gulf of Mexico. The petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency followed Monday's announcement that the [...]

A 'Dead Zone' in The Gulf of Mexico--Scientists Say Area That Cannot Support Some Marine Life Is Near Record Size By Joel Achenbach, Washington Post Staff WriterThursday, July 31, 2008; A02The "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, an area on the seabed with too little oxygen to support fish, shrimp, crabs and other forms [...]

Dead zone second-largest on record By RYAN S. CLARK, BEAUMONT ENTERPRISEJuly, 29, 2008Effects from Hurricane Dolly led to this summer's dead zone becoming the second-largest one on record, a scientist said today.The dead zone is 8,000 square miles, which is the size of Massachusetts, said scientist Nancy Rabalais, who is the executive professor of the [...]

`Dead zone' not a record, ties for No. 2 By AMY WOLD, Advocate staff writer Jul 29, 2008Louisiana isn't a record-breaker, but it does rival some of the largest low-oxygen areas measured in the Gulf of Mexico.Nancy Rabalais, executive director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium in Cocodrie, recently completed her yearly survey of the [...]

Dead zone is not a record setter thanks to hurricane By NIKKI BUSKEY,Staff Writer HOUMA COURIERTuesday, July 29, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. HOUMA -- This year’s dead zone -- the area of low-to-no oxygen that settles off Louisiana’s coast every summer -- was smaller than expected because Hurricane Dolly churned the Gulf’s waters and curbed [...]

Groups seek limits on Mississippi, Gulf pollution By MICHAEL J. CRUMB07.30.08, 6:00 PM ETDES MOINES, IOWA - Environmental groups in nine states petitioned the federal government on Wednesday to set and enforce pollution standards in the Mississippi River basin and the Gulf of Mexico.The petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency followed Monday's announcement that [...]

Hurricane Dolly Helps Shrink Gulf 'Dead Zone'Tuesday, July 29, 2008NEW ORLEANS -  The oxygen-starved "dead zone" that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is a bit smaller than predicted this year because Hurricane Dolly stirred up the water, a scientist reported Monday.There is too little oxygen to support sea life for about 8,000 [...]

Creature feature: Dead zones vs. killer hurricanes By Kenneth R. Weiss3:54 PM, July 28, 2008The seasonal low-oxygen "dead zone" off the coast of Louisiana and Texas didn't live up to the forecast as the largest in history. Instead, it was merely the second largest.The reason appears to be that Hurricane Dolly swept through the area, [...]