July 31 (UPI) --The Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" -- an area deprived of oxygen -- is smaller than previous measurements and forecasts, scientists supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life—is approximately 4,402 square miles, 21% smaller ...

The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium has a goal of shrinking the zone to 1,900 square miles by 2035. A massive lifeless zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico is significantly smaller than ...

Despite being called a “cruise,” the people on board The Pelican described the experience on the hypoxia monitoring expedition as very different from the elaborate dinners on a towering vacation ship ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Scientists released findings showing that the Gulf dead zone west of the Mississippi River is smaller than last year, at around 4,772 square miles. The dead zone is an area of low ...

NOAA scientists are forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic area or “dead zone” — an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life — to be approximately 4,880 square miles ...

Despite being called a “cruise,” the people on board The Pelican described the experience on the hypoxia monitoring expedition as very different from the elaborate dinners on a towering vacation ship ...

WASHINGTON -- Floodwaters loaded with farm runoff are heading down the Mississippi River, and scientists fear the deluge will dramatically increase this summer's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, ...

(The Center Square) − The Gulf of America's "dead zone" has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over 4,400 square miles — roughly a third smaller than ...

Student Jorddy Gonzalez and Dr. Cassandra Glaspie retrieve the CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) sensor package after profiling dissolved oxygen at a station on the Shelfwide Hypoxia Cruise.