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The Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force, a partnership formed in the late 1990s with the goal of reducing the size and severity of the hypoxic zone, currently is co-chaired by Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig.
An expert says drought made the Mississippi River sluggish and led to a smaller than average dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico — an area where there's too little
Drought made the Mississippi River sluggish and led to a smaller than average dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico — an area where there’s too little oxygen to support marine life, the scientist who's been measuring it for decades said Wednesday.
The good news/bad news? Bad: It's twice as big as the goal. Good: It's 20% smaller than 2021. Bad: We made this problem. Good: We're trying to fix it.
The so-called dead zone where the Mississippi River dumps into the Gulf of Mexico, an area of low oxygen that cannot sustain life, clocked in at 3,275 square miles this year -- below the recent average and smaller than what was previously predicted, but almost twice the target goal set by the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force.