The area of low to no oxygen, which kills fish and other marine life that fail or are unable to move out of the area, will be slightly smaller this year.
The area of low to no oxygen, which kills fish and other marine life that fail or are unable to move out of the area, will be slightly smaller this year.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) An average “dead zone” is likely in the Gulf of Mexico, where a large area of water holding too little oxygen to keep marine animals alive forms every summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday. A hurricane or tropical storm in the weeks before the July measurement cruise could […]
An average “dead zone” is likely in the Gulf of Mexico, where a large area of water holding too little oxygen to keep marine animals alive forms every summer,
NOAA: Average-sized dead zone likely off Louisiana
June 3, 2021
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) An average “dead zone” is likely in the Gulf of Mexico, where a large area of water holding too little oxygen to keep marine animals alive forms every summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
A hurricane or tropical storm in the weeks before the July measurement cruise could shrink that considerably by stirring up the water and mixing in oxygen, NOAA noted.
It said its analysis of five university models indicates that this summer’s low-oxygen, or hypoxic, area will cover about 4,880 square miles (12,600 square kilometers).