A “dead zone” the size of Connecticut in Gulf this year

Scientists forecast an average-sized “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico this year of 5,483 square miles, “or about the size of Connecticut,” says the U.S. Geological Survey. The forecast was drawn from monitoring of nutrient runoff and streamflow in the Mississippi River basin, and from the combined projections of four forecasting models run by separate… » Read More

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