How gov’t shutdown impacts Head Start; property taxes on the Baton Rouge ballot; findings from the latest Gulf hypoxia cruise by WRKF | 5 November 2025 By Adam Vos and Alana Schreiber Head Start is a federal program that provides child care and early learning for low-income families. But the ongoing government shutdown has caused [...]
The True Cost of Fertilizer
Gina Woods2025-11-06T22:12:02+00:00Fertilizer’s toxic journey From Louisiana's "cancer alley" upriver to a soybean farm, then back down to the Gulf of Mexico where it feeds the dead zone. by The Fern | May 22, 2025 By Garrett Hazelwood and Eric Schmid The chemical industry is big business in Louisiana. Companies here manufacture plastics, fuels, pesticides, and cleaning products. But [...]
Nancy Rabalais is the Mother of Dead Zones
Gina Woods2025-05-24T17:17:11+00:00Nancy Rabalais is the Mother of Dead Zones by Blue Frontier | March 25, 2024 In the latest episode of Rising Tide, along with Blue News, David and Vicki talk with Dr. Nancy Rabalais from Louisiana State University. Nancy’s been called ‘the mother of dead zones’ in that her decades of research has helped define the Gulf [...]
NOAA 2023 Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ Teleconference
Gina Woods2024-04-04T22:45:17+00:00NOAA, partners to report on 2023 Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ monitoring cruise In June, NOAA scientists issued a forecast for this summer's dead zone — an area characterized by low to no oxygen levels that can kill fish and other marine organisms. This year’s forecast estimated a dead zone extent of approximately 4,155 square [...]
Top of Mind with Julie Rose
Leslie Smith2023-11-15T01:47:08+00:00Top of Mind with Julie Rose The Dead Zone Guest: Nancy Rabalais, PhD, Professor, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Shell Oil Endowed Chair in Oceanography/Wetland Sciences, Louisiana State University, Distinguished Research Professor, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium The dead zone is a mass of water the size of New Jersey just off the [...]
89.3 WRKF
Leslie Smith2018-04-02T19:54:25+00:00MONDAY: Cathy Kling, Nancy Rabalais, and Eugene Turner on the Gulf's "Dead Zone" + Bernie Pinsonat Professor Cathy Kling of Iowa State University, Nancy Rabalais of the Louisiana Marine Consortium, and Professor Eugene Turner of LSU's Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences join the show for the first two segments to discuss the Gulf [...]