New research on the cost of reducing the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone places a $7 billion dollar annual price tag on reaching the Environmental Protection Agency’s goals. Funded by a National Science ...

A dead zone, or as scientists prefer, a hypoxic zone, is an area in estuaries and coastal waters around the mouth of larger rivers entering the sea where the oxygen content is too low to support most ...

A “dead zone” of low-or no- dissolved oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is roughly the size of New Jersey this year, researchers at Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Universities Marine ...

The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which president Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, predicts the section of water where oxygen is unnaturally low will be about ...

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 ...

(The Center Square) – A low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico was larger than average and what was predicted, a recent survey found. The “dead zone” with little to no oxygen can kill fish and ...

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life—is approximately 4,402 square miles, 21% smaller ...

Scientists at Louisiana State University in late July discovered a dead zone in the Mississippi Sound, sparking a renewed effort by coastal conservationists to raise awareness of the issue and its ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)- If you have ever heard someone talk about a “dead zone” in the Gulf, you might wonder what that means. According to NOAA, the “dead zone” is caused by hypoxia, which refers to ...

The dead zone in the Chesapeake Bay, where there’s low oxygen for underwater life, was near its average size in 2024, according to new data from the Chesapeake Bay Program. The dead zone is the area ...

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” — an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is approximately 6,705 square miles, the 12th ...

Murky, sediment-rich Mississippi River water mixes with fresh saltwater in the Gulf of Mexico on June 7, 2024. Nutrient runoff from 41 percent of the United States flows down the Mississippi, creating ...