NOAA Forecast Predicts Large Dead Zone for Gulf of Mexico this Summer
Green Car Congress
JUNE 21, 2009
The dead zone is an area in the Gulf of Mexico where seasonal oxygen levels drop too low to support most life in bottom and near-bottom waters. Scientists are predicting the area could measure between 7,450 and 8,456 square miles, or an area roughly the size of New Jersey. Dead zone visualization. Credit: NOAA. Click to enlarge.
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