Scientists just measured the largest dead zone ever recorded for the Gulf of Mexico, a whopping 8,776 square miles, massive enough to cover all of New Jersey. And only dramatic shifts in farming ...

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium released a forecast Monday predicting that the world's second-biggest "dead zone," located in the northern Gulf of Mexico at the end of the Mississippi ...

This year’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” — an area where there’s too little oxygen to support marine life — is larger than average, according to researchers. Scientists supported by the ...

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.

The U.S. government agency expects that, for the month of June, the dead zone will cover 17,673 square kilometres of the gulf just off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS - Tropical weather stirred up the Gulf of Mexico, reducing this year’s dead zone off Louisiana’s coast to the third-smallest ever measured, the scientist who has measured it since ...

The Gulf of Mexico’s “dead zone” will cover 6,705 square miles this year. According to NOAA, this section of the Gulf is “an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life.” ...

Scientists have released their 2023 forecast for the so-called “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico — predicting it will be around 4,100 square miles this summer. That’s much bigger than last ...

Each summer, a large part of the Gulf of Mexico “dies”. This year, the Gulf’s “dead zone” is the largest on record, stretching from the mouth of the Mississippi, along the coast of Louisiana to waters ...

According to a new report, the "dead zone" that forms every year in the Gulf of Mexico is forming, and this year it's expected to be "larger-than-average." A dead zone, or hypoxic area ...

Aug. 1 (UPI) --The Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" is the 12th largest on record this year, according to a Thursday report from NOAA-supported scientists. It's roughly 6,705 square miles this year, ...

Every spring, a "dead zone" appears in the Gulf of Mexico. It happens when the water doesn't have enough oxygen to support fish and other marine life. And scientists say this year's dead zone is ...