A so-called "dead zone" the size of Connecticut is set to wreak havoc in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has forecast. The above-average ...

Lane Simmons of the U.S. Geological Survey collects a water-quality sample at the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USGS 07374000). Credit: Scott Dennis, USGS. NOAA is forecasting this ...

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 scientists ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts a larger than average Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" this year of 5,847 square miles. That's about the size of Connecticut. It's a hypoxic ...

The five-year average of the low-oxygen area uninhabitable for marine life is now more than double the size of the 2035 goal. The “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico this summer is more than twice the ...

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 square miles, ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)- If you have ever heard someone talk about a “dead zone” in the Gulf, you might wonder what that means. According to NOAA, the “dead zone” is caused by hypoxia, which refers to ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, released its prediction for this year's Gulf dead zone. The dead zone is expected to cover 5,780 square miles, or about the size of ...

The Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone' is above average this year. Also known as hypoxia, it's an area in the water with low or no oxygen, and it can kill marine life. The average dead zone in the last five ...

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 ...