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  2. Dead zone (ecology) - Wikipedia

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    In fall months, tropical storms begin to enter the Gulf of Mexico and break up the dead zones, and the cycle repeats again in the spring. Aquatic and marine dead zones can be caused by an increase in nutrients (particularly nitrogen and phosphorus) in the water, known as eutrophication. These nutrients are the fundamental building blocks of ...

  3. A 'dead zone' is growing in the Gulf of Mexico. It's now the ...

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    A 'dead zone' off the Gulf coast is larger than NOAA predicted. The massive area poses danger to marine life, and recovery could take decades.

  4. The Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone' is the biggest on record - AOL

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    Every spring, an area appears when the water doesn't have enough oxygen to support fish and other marine life. The Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone' is the biggest on record Skip to main content

  5. The Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone' is the biggest on record - AOL

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    Every spring, an area appears when the water doesn't have enough oxygen to support fish and other marine life. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: ...

  6. Gulf of Oman - Wikipedia

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    In 2018, scientists confirmed the Gulf of Oman contains one of the world's largest marine dead zones, where the ocean contains little or no oxygen and marine wildlife cannot exist. The dead zone encompasses nearly the entire 165,000-square-kilometre (63,700 sq mi) Gulf of Oman and equivalent to the size of Florida, United States of America.

  7. Gulf of Mexico dead zone - Wikipedia

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  8. Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone' much smaller this year - AOL

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    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 Tuesday.

  9. Nancy Rabalais - Wikipedia

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    Since 1985, Rabalais has studied the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone off the coast of Louisiana, the largest hypoxic zone in the United States. Along with two other researchers, she linked hypoxic zones in the Gulf with Mississippi River estuaries in 1985 through ocean mapping oxygen levels.