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Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone' much smaller this year

from Phys.org

Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone' much smaller this year Phys.org Tropical weather stirred up the Gulf of Mexico, reducing this year's dead zone off Louisiana's coast to the third-smallest ever measured, the scientist who has measured it since 1985 said Aug. 4. This year's measurement of the largely human-caused phenomenon was slightly less than one-third the size predicted in June, based on the amounts of nitrogen and phosphorus carried down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. READ MORE

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