NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can ...

The Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" is smaller than previous measurements and forecasts, NOAA announced. There are 2.8 million ...

A boat hauling barges down the Mississippi River in Memphis, Tennessee. The Gulf of Mexico’s annual summer “dead zone” is ...

The Gulf of America’s “dead zone” has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over ...

The massive area of low oxygen can cause fish, shrimp and other marine life to flee or die. It can also affect fish diets, ...

Did you know there's a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico? No, we're not talking about the 1983 sci-fi horror film, or the early 2000s sci-fi TV series. This one is very much real. For ...

The Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone is a product of nutrient-rich water flowing from the Mississippi River watershed, which reaches up into Canada and drains water from 32 states.

Did you know there's a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico? No, we're not talking about the 1983 sci-fi horror film, or the early 2000s sci-fi TV series. This one is very much real.

A multi-state, multi-agency Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force was created in 1997 to address the issue, and since then billions of dollars have been spent to decrease the flow of ...

Gulf of Mexico dead zone, July 2017. The map shows an area nearly 400 miles (643km) across. N. Rabalais, LSU/LUMCON Fish and other mobile sea creatures are able to escape the suffocating dead zone.

The largest dead zone on record was in 2002, when it spread across 8,481 square miles of the Gulf. Data indicates that high winds in early to mid-July mixed oxygen into deeper waters, Rabalais said.

Did you know there's a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico? No, we're not talking about the 1983 sci-fi horror film, or the early 2000s sci-fi TV series. This one is very much real.