Summer Storms Could Mean More Dead Zones By Maria FrosticJuly 11, 2008These images show how ocean color changes from summer (top) to winter (bottom) in the Gulf of Mexico. They were created from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument that flies about NASA's Aqua satellite. Reds and oranges represent high concentrations of phytoplankton and [...]

Streamflow and Nutrient Delivery to the Gulf of Mexico for October 2007 to June 2008 (Preliminary)Preliminary estimates of monthly nutrient fluxes from the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico are provided in July each year for the previous nine months (October through June). These data are used by scientists to estimate the [...]

Water Over Road By Dennis Keeney06/28/2008--AMES TRIBUNEThe orange road sign said it all "WATER OVER ROAD." It blocked the entrance to Vandalia road from the north off of highway 65 on Friday, June 6. By June 10, even Highway 65 was closed by flooding.      From Ames to Waverly, the state has taken a major hit. [...]

Spring Nutrient Delivery to the Gulf Estimated Among Highest in Three Decades By USGSSpring nutrient delivery from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin to the northern Gulf of Mexico is estimated to be among the highest in the last three decades.   Nutrient delivery, particularly during the months of April through June, has been identified as one of [...]

Midwest flooding may worsen dead zone By DEE DEE THURSTON, Managing EditorSunday, June 29, 2008, Houma CourierHOUMA -- Flooding in the Midwest is swelling the Mississippi River, sending increased water through Louisiana and into the Gulf of Mexico -- a phenomenon that has left researchers confident that their dire dead-zone predictions are right on track.Scientists [...]

Restore wetlands, shift to prairie for energy crops By ANDREW HUGJune 29, 2008--Des Moines RegisterAfter yet another series of tragic floods in Iowa, citizens and local and state governments are evaluating how to mitigate them in the future. Experts are proposing higher, stronger levees, restrictions on construction in flood plains, buyouts of properties that flood [...]

Nitrogen Loading Into Mississippi River To Cause Expansion Of Marine Dead Zone To 10,000 Square Miles By Vittorio Hernandez - AHN News WriterJune 26, 2008 8:56 a.m. ESTDes Moines, IA (AHN) - The marine dead zone resulting from the Midwest flooding is expected to expand to over 10,000 square miles, according to researchers from the [...]

Our Opinion: Health of Gulf waters requires full commitment By The Mississippi PressThursday, June 26, 2008When the first surge of spring flooding filled the Mississippi River, the gates at the Bonnet Carré Spillway were opened to reduce the risk of flooding in south Louisiana. There was some concern about marine life in the Mississippi Sound [...]

Floods may yield record Gulf 'dead zone' By PERRY BEEMANJune 26, 2008Scientists predict floodwaters that decimated river cities in the Midwest also will whack the Gulf of Mexico, pushing the so-called dead zone to a record size. Researchers from Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium forecast the dead zone - an area [...]

Editorial: Now is the time to stop the dead zone By Houma Daily CourierWednesday, June 25, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. The issue: Gulf of Mexico dead zone.We suggest: Upstream solution needed.The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to grow to an unprecedented size this year because of all the flooding in the [...]