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This year, the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico entered into the top third of largest dead zones in records that go back 38 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. The ...
A dead zone is an area of water that cannot sustain aquatic life because the oxygen levels are low or depleted. The scientific term for a dead zone is called hypoxia, which in Latin means "too ...
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The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, [3] [4] mostly surrounded by the North American continent. [5] It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coast of the United States; on the southwest and south by the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo; and on the ...
Dead zones can be classified by type, and are identified by the length of their occurrence: [16] Permanent dead zones are deep water occurrences that rarely exceed 2 milligrams per liter. 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.
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 ...
Location: Macondo Prospect (Mississippi Canyon Block 252), in the North-central Gulf of Mexico, United States (south of Louisiana): Coordinates: 1]: Date: 20 April – 19 September 2010 (4 months, 4 weeks and 2 days): Cause; Cause: Wellhead blowout: Casualties: 11 people killed 17 people injured: Operator: Transocean under contract for BP [2]: Spill characteristics; Volume: 4.9 million barrels ...