NOAA: Smaller-Than-Expected Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Measured
August 05, 2020
August 05, 2020
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release:
NOAA-supported scientists have determined this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"-- an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life -- is approximately 2,116 square miles, or equivalent to 1.4 million acres of habitat potentially unavailable to fish and bottom species.
The measured size of the dead z . . .
NOAA-supported scientists have determined this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"-- an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life -- is approximately 2,116 square miles, or equivalent to 1.4 million acres of habitat potentially unavailable to fish and bottom species.
The measured size of the dead z . . .