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 ...

A boat hauling barges down the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee. The Gulf of Mexico’s annual summer “dead zone” is caused by nutrients flushed from the Mississippi River watershed into the ...

The United Nations currently estimates the number of dead zones at more than 500 globally, covering 250,000 square miles, with no significant coastal waters left untouched by this phenomenon. Some of ...

Scientists released findings showing that the Gulf dead zone west of the Mississippi River is around 4,772 square miles.

The dead zone, a stretch of oxygen-depleted water that forms annually off the Louisiana and Texas coasts, is caused primarily by excess nutrients washing into the Gulf from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya ...

The Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" is smaller than previous measurements and forecasts, NOAA announced. There are 2.8 million acres where fish can't live.

NOAA scientists are forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic area or “dead zone” — an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life — to be approximately 4,880 square miles ...

The Gulf “dead zone” off Louisiana’s coast was nearly the size of Connecticut this summer, researchers reported Thursday — even as the Trump administration proposes cuts to some federal ...

NOAA scientists are forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic area or “ dead zone ” – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life – to be approximately 6,700 square ...

The Gulf “dead zone” off Louisiana’s coast was nearly the size of Connecticut this summer, researchers reported Thursday — even as the Trump administration proposes cuts to some federal ...