Scientists have released their 2023 forecast for the so-called “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico — predicting it will be around 4,100 square miles this summer. That’s much bigger than last ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday that the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone," an area of water with oxygen so low it can kill wildlife, is smaller than expected.

Every year, water pollution from throughout the Mississippi River basin finds its way into the Gulf of Mexico, creating a “dead zone” in the summer. This year’s was the seventh smallest ...

The Gulf of Mexico's hypoxic zone, or "dead zone," is below average this year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The area of low to no oxygen is 3,058 square miles ...

The Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" is the 12th largest on record this year, ... In 2023 the dead zone was a smaller-than-expected 3,058 square miles.

The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is smaller this year, primarily because the Mississippi River basin is so dry, the waterway is moving less water and carrying fewer nutrients from states like Iowa.

For decades, an oxygen-depleted "dead zone" that is harmful to sea life has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico in a region off Louisiana and Texas. This year, it's larger than average, federal ...

NCCOS scientists are forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone or “dead zone”—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life— to be approximately 5,827 ...

Every year, water pollution from throughout the Mississippi River basin finds its way into the Gulf of Mexico, creating a “dead zone” in the summer. This year’s was the seventh smallest ...

The Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" is the 12th largest on record this year, ... In 2023 the dead zone was a smaller-than-expected 3,058 square miles.