University of Michigan: Average-Sized 'Dead Zone' Forecast for Gulf of Mexico
June 03, 2021
June 03, 2021
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 3 (TNSRes) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
A team of scientists including a University of Michigan aquatic ecologist is 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, a bit smaller than the state of Connecticut.
The 2021 forecasted area is smaller than, but close to, . . .
A team of scientists including a University of Michigan aquatic ecologist is 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, a bit smaller than the state of Connecticut.
The 2021 forecasted area is smaller than, but close to, . . .