A "dead zone" that formed in 2001 in Narragansett Bay left a lethal legacy, Brown University research shows. In a study of nine mussel reefs, published in Ecology, researchers report that oxygen ...

(AP Photo/Chris Gardner) TOPICS: WASHINGTON (7News) — Researchers report that Chesapeake Bay’s "dead zone" will be much smaller than average due, in part, to lower-than-average rainfall.

Ecology’s permit lead for the proposed nitrogen project. “What we’re trying to do is ultimately prevent a dead zone from happening in Puget Sound.” Dead zones are areas where there’s low ...

Every summer, a dead zone forms in the Gulf of Mexico, creating a hypoxic area where oxygen levels are too low to support marine life. This phenomenon affects millions of acres, rendering them ...

The “dead zone” forms in the Gulf of Mexico every summer. It’s caused by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, largely from farm fertilizer and municipal runoff, which are carried down ...

The oxygen-depleted “dead zone” that forms each year in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas is forecast to cover about 4,155 square miles this year. That’s about 1,200 square miles ...

“When you set up a fishing trip, and then you realize that you’re in a dead zone, it can affect morale,” said Garmeson of Ugly Fishing. But the 2022 redfish kill was not a one-time occurrenc ...

The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles, as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low- to ...