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Biggest Dead Zone Ever Forecast in Gulf of Mexico
2013-06-24 14:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: A possibly record-breaking, New Jersey-size dead zone may put a chokehold on the Gulf of Mexico (map) this summer, according to a forecast released this week. Unusually robust spring floods in the U.S. Midwest are flushing agricultural runoffnamely, nitrogen and phosphorusinto the Gulf and spurring giant algal blooms, which lead to dead zones, or areas devoid of oxygen that occur in the summer. The forecast, developed by the University of Michigan and Louisiana State University with support...
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