The Gulf of America’s “dead zone” has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over 4,400 square miles — roughly a third smaller than last year and far less ...

Scientists at Louisiana State University in late July discovered a dead zone in the Mississippi Sound, sparking a renewed effort by coastal conservationists to raise awareness of the issue and its ...

The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which president Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, predicts the section of water where oxygen is unnaturally low will be about ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - In late July, Louisiana State University researchers found a hypoxic “dead zone” east of the Mississippi River, due south of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. A hypoxic dead zone is ...

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 ...

Every summer, as if on cue, a monstrous dead zone blows up in the Gulf of Mexico, wreaking havoc on aquatic ecosystems and making survival impossible for marine life. For over 40 years, this dead zone ...

Scientists from Louisiana State University found a massive dead zone in the Mississippi Sound while conducting their annual survey in the Gulf of Mexico. The dead zone stretches from the Chandeleur ...

You could call it “Dead Zone East,” a 1,634-square-mile area of Gulf of Mexico bottom waters with dangerously low levels of oxygen on the east side of the Mississippi River. It's a bit larger than the ...

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 ...

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 ...