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  2. Dead zone (ecology) - Wikipedia

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    Temporary dead zones are short lived dead zones lasting hours or days. Seasonal dead zones are annually occurring, typically in warm months of summer and autumn. Diel cycling hypoxia is a specific seasonal dead zone that only becomes hypoxic during the night

  3. Ecological death - Wikipedia

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    Ecological death is the inability of an organism to function in an ecological context, leading to death. [1] This term can be used in many fields of biology to ...

  4. Ocean deoxygenation - Wikipedia

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    Firstly, it occurs in coastal zones where eutrophication has driven some quite rapid (in a few decades) declines in oxygen to very low levels. [2] This type of ocean deoxygenation is also called dead zones. Secondly, ocean deoxygenation occurs also in the open ocean. In that part of the ocean, there is nowadays an ongoing reduction in oxygen ...

  5. Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' has grown larger than Connecticut

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    Scientists prepare to collect near-bottom water aboard the R/V Pelican to verify oxygen measurements used to determine the size of the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone. (NOAA/LUMCON/LSU) A "dead zone ...

  6. Human impact on marine life - Wikipedia

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    This decomposition process consumes oxygen, depleting the supply for other marine life and creating what is referred to as a "dead zone." Dead zones are hypoxic, meaning the water has very low levels of dissolved oxygen. This kills off marine life or forces it to leave the area, removing life from the area and giving it the name dead zone.

  7. Dead zones recorded in Atlantic Ocean for first time - AOL

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    The Atlantic Ocean is teeming with life, but for the first time researchers have discovered dead zones in these waters - areas low in both oxygen and salinity - off the coast of Africa. Fish can't ...

  8. Dead zone - Wikipedia

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    Dead zone (cell phone), an area where cell phones cannot transmit to a nearby cell site Dead zone (ecology) , low-oxygen areas in the world's oceans Dead band , the region of insensitivity of a system

  9. Earth is 'really quite sick now' and in danger zone in nearly ...

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    Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an overheating planet that's losing its natural areas, but for the ...