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. For decades, ...

Efforts to reduce nitrogen pollution in the Sound, include wetlands restoration, upgraded septic systems, stormwater ...

Scientists prepare to collect near-bottom water aboard the R/V Pelican to verify oxygen measurements used to determine the size of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone. (NOAA/LUMCON/LSU) A "dead zone," or ...

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 Chesapeake Bay’s 2025 summer dead zone measured near long-term average levels, according to a new report released last ...

A hypoxic zone, an area largely depleted of oxygen, at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico has grown to a degree significantly greater than expected. The dead zone, which is now roughly the size of ...

Scientists have announced that the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone"—where there is so little oxygen that the ocean becomes unsurvivable—is now the size of New Jersey. Around 6,705 square miles of ...

Hypoxia levels in Long Island Sound fell to their lowest point in nearly 40 years – a milestone officials say proves that ...

NOAA is forecasting a summer “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico that will cover approximately 4,155 square miles, making it below the 5,364 square mile average over the 36-year history of dead zone ...

The “dead zone” where the Mississippi River dumps into the Gulf of Mexico — an area of low oxygen that cannot sustain life, fueled by pollution running the length of the river — clocked in at 3,275 ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has renamed ...

URBANA, Ill. -- Despite a 12-year action plan calling for reducing the hypoxia zone in the Gulf of Mexico, little progress has been made, and there is no evidence that nutrient loading to the Gulf has ...