NOAA-supported scientists predict 'larger than average' Gulf dead zone
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 - 07:14
in Earth & Climate
The northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone, an underwater area with little or no oxygen known commonly as the 'dead zone,' could be larger than the recent average, according to a forecast by a team of NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Louisiana State University, and the University of Michigan...