Revised plan to curb 'dead zone' wins nod but doubts renewed about reaching goal By Chris KirkhamThe Times-Picayune; March 01, 2008 http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-5/120435330153690.xml&coll=1 A cadre of state and federal officials signed off on a revised plan to limit the Gulf of Mexico's oxygen-starved "dead zone" in Chicago on Friday, amid criticism from the scientific community that it [...]

EDITORIAL: No life in dead zone fightThe Times-Picayune; March 01, 2008http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-4/120435328253690.xml&coll=1 A revised plan to shrink the Gulf of Mexico dead zone by 2015 will not revive the moribund effort to cure this ecological disaster; in fact, critics say that the new version of the plan is weaker than the one first adopted seven years [...]

Gulf dead zone plan stagnates By Chris KirkhamThe Times-Picayune; February 28, 2008http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1204180301219420.xml&coll=1 Seven years after approving a pact meant to reduce a large, lifeless band of ocean water that forms off Louisiana's coast every summer, representatives from a slew of state and federal agencies will reconvene in Chicago today amid sobering results.   The perennial [...]

Job well done, LUMCON By EditorialTri-Parish Times; February 15, 2008http://www.tri-parishtimes.com/articles/2008/02/13/your_voice/editorials/322_50_ourview.txt With little fanfare, it was announced that Terrebonne Parish's Dr. Nancy Rabalais, executive director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) was chosen to receive the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography's Ruth Patrick Award.The celebration will take place in June at ASLO's meeting in [...]

LUMCON scientists frustrated with dwindling dollars for research By Mike BrossetteTri-Parish Times, February 13, 2008http://www.tri-parishtimes.com/articles/2008/02/13/breaking_news/322_50_lumcompg1.txt Federal money for the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium in Cocodrie to study the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico has been dwindling rapidly, according to two scientists associated with the institute.The dead zone, or hypoxie zone, is an area [...]

Dead zone rose up from ocean two years ago, scientists say By Margarete MunroCanwest News Service; February 14 and February 15, 2008http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=c5d0e85f-bac8-4aae-8c5a-6ae71981e99f&k=34729 Oxygen-deprived water rose up from the deep ocean two years ago, cutting a deadly swath along the Pacific Northwest coast, say scientists, who watched in awe as fish fled and crabs, sea stars [...]

State helps 'dead zone' grow By Philip Brasher and Pamela BroganOzarks Local News, News-Leader.com, Springfield, MO; February 11, 2008http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080211/NEWS01/802110374/1007/NEWS01Study: Missouri one of 9 states whose pollution creates a huge lifeless area in Gulf of Mexico. Washington — Fertilizer from Missouri's corn boom and waste from livestock are major sources of pollution contributing to a "dead [...]

New map shows nutrient threat to coastal areas By Program #5459 of the Earth & Sky Radio SeriesEarth&Sky; February 2008with hosts Deborah Byrd, Joel Block,Lindsay Patterson and Jorge Salazar. For full story, and to listen or download, please go to: http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/52214/new-map-shows-nutrient-threat-to-coastal-areas In 2008, the World Resources Institute in Washington D.C. released a new map showing more [...]

Mindy Selman on agriculture and eutrophication By Clear Voices for Science PodcastEarth&Sky; 12 February 08To listen or download please go to: http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/52222/mindy-selman-on-agriculture-and-eutrophication Mindy Selman is a water quality expert at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C. She studies what scientists call “eutrophication” – the pollution of coastal areas from excess nutrients. Eutrophication can lead [...]

Indiana among worst contributors to Gulf 'dead zone' By WishTV8.comAssociated Press, Feb 4, 2008 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Indiana is among the worst pollutors of a nearly 8,000 square-mile patch in the Gulf of Mexico. The survey says Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi represent one [...]