Now, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted that this summer's Gulf of Mexico dead zone could grow to around 7,829 square miles—or about the same size as the ...

The average Gulf dead zone is about 5,309 square miles; the record is 8,776 square miles set in 2017. A dead zone occurs at the bottom of a body of water when there isn't enough oxygen in the ...

For decades, an oxygen-depleted "dead zone" that is harmful to sea life has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico in a region off Louisiana and Texas. This year, it's larger than average, federal ...

The “dead zone” forms in the Gulf of Mexico every summer. It’s caused by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, largely from farm fertilizer and municipal runoff, which are carried down ...

This year, the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico entered into the top third of largest dead zones in records that go back 38 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

Did you know there's a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico? No, we're not talking about the 1983 sci-fi horror film, or the early 2000s sci-fi TV series. This one is very much real.

Gulf of Mexico dead zone, July 2017. The map shows an area nearly 400 miles (643km) across. N. Rabalais, LSU/LUMCON Fish and other mobile sea creatures are able to escape ...

A dead zone is an area where oxygen levels are so low that its waters are potentially deadly for marine life, NOAA said. Located largely off the coast of Louisiana, the Gulf of Mexico dead zone ...

This year, the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico entered into the top third of largest dead zones in records that go back 38 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

The “dead zone” forms in the Gulf of Mexico every summer. It’s caused by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, largely from farm fertilizer and municipal runoff, which are carried down the ...