Reseachers predict larger-than-average Gulf ‘dead zone’; Impact of oil spill unclear
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 28 June, 2010
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Researchers say this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" is expected to be larger than average, continuing a decades-long trend that threatens the health of a $659 million fishery. The 2010 forecast, released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), calls for a Gulf dead zone of between 6,500 and 7,800 square miles, an area roughly the size of Lake Ontario....