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 ...

July 31 (UPI) --The Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" -- an area deprived of oxygen -- is smaller than previous measurements and forecasts, scientists supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

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 ...

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 funding ...

Students Jorddy Gonzalez and Lily Tubbs retrieve the CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) sensor package after measuring dissolved oxygen at a regular stop on the annual hypoxia cruise while ...

IS FIRM - THE AUGUST 12TH DEADLINE FOR A TRADE DEAL WITH CHINA COULD BE PUSHED BACK. THE GULF'S "DEAD ZONE" - AN AREA WHERE FISH AND SEA LIFE CAN'T SURVIVE - IS GETTING BIGGER, THANKS TO POLLUTION ...

Despite being called a “cruise,” the people on board The Pelican described the experience on the hypoxia monitoring expedition as very different from the elaborate dinners on a towering vacation ship ...