Tag: Gulf Dead Zone
Dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico predicted to hit record size
June 21, 2017
Each year a hypoxic water mass forms in bottom waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf. The low oxygen conditions threaten living resources…
Gulf Dead Zone continues to loom
August 8, 2014
This week the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium released their annual measurement of the Gulf Dead Zone, which measured 5,008 square miles, almost as large as…