'Dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico predicted to be bigger than average this summer
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico will be 5% larger than average this summer.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico will be 5% larger than average this summer.
The dead zone in the Gulf may be much smaller. But that could be because of global warming -- and there are competing forecasts.
The dead zone in the Gulf may be much smaller. But that could be because of global warming -- and there are competing forecasts.
This summer's Chesapeake Bay "dead zone" was the smallest it's been since monitoring began in 1985, according to data released by the Chesapeake Bay Program's monitoring partners: the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Old Dominion University and Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
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