Dead zone forecasts aren’t just a numbers game, a top environmental advocate says, but also affects the livelihoods of fisherman on the Gulf Coast.

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 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.

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 ...

The size is smaller than predicted at the beginning of the summer, but is larger than the target goal set by the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force.

The hypoxic zone — an area of low to no oxygen — in the Gulf of Mexico is about 3,058 square miles. The "dead zone" can kill fish and marine life.

Scientists have released their 2023 forecast for the so-called "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico — predicting it will be about 4,100 square miles this summer.

NOAA is forecasting a summer “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico that will cover approximately 4,155 square miles, making it below the 5,364 square mile average over the 36-year history of dead ...

The annual "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico along Louisiana's coast -- an area with oxygen levels so low that it can kill fish and marine life -- has been measured at 3,058 square miles this year ...

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 ...