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Hypoxia is most severe around the Louisiana coast but still exists farther west toward Texas, notably in the Galveston area. (Credit: Texas A&M
TEXAS A&M (US) — This year’s dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is 3,300 square miles—bigger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined—and researchers anticipate it could become much larger.
Researchers traveled more than 1,400 miles throughout the Gulf over a five day period, the first ever focusing on the month of June.
The size of the dead zone off coastal Louisiana has been routinely monitored for about 25 years and shows nitrogen levels in the Gulf related to human activities have tripled over the past half century.
Hypoxia occurs when oxygen levels in seawater drop to dangerously low levels. Severe hypoxia can potentially harm marine life resulting in fish kills and creating a “dead zone” of life in that particular area.
For more --->http://www.futurity.org/top-stories/gulf-‘dead-zone’-bigger-than-delaware/
Hypoxia is most severe around the Louisiana coast but still exists farther west toward Texas, notably in the Galveston area. (Credit: Texas A&M
TEXAS A&M (US) — This year’s dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is 3,300 square miles—bigger than Delaware and Rhode Island combined—and researchers anticipate it could become much larger.
Researchers traveled more than 1,400 miles throughout the Gulf over a five day period, the first ever focusing on the month of June.
The size of the dead zone off coastal Louisiana has been routinely monitored for about 25 years and shows nitrogen levels in the Gulf related to human activities have tripled over the past half century.
Hypoxia occurs when oxygen levels in seawater drop to dangerously low levels. Severe hypoxia can potentially harm marine life resulting in fish kills and creating a “dead zone” of life in that particular area.
For more --->http://www.futurity.org/top-stories/gulf-‘dead-zone’-bigger-than-delaware/
