A near record-sized 'dead zone' of oxygen-starved water could form in ...
- A near record-sized “dead zone” of oxygen-starved water could form in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, threatening its huge stocks of marine life, researchers said.
The area could spread over 8,700 square miles , scientists at Louisiana State University said on Monday - about the size of the state of Massachusetts, and five times the average. The nutrients in the fertilizers feed algae that die, decompose and deplete the water of oxygen, the Louisiana scientists said.
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