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The Largest 'Dead Zone' Ever Has Been Recorded off the Coast of Louisiana
Posted on 8/4/17 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 8/4/17 at 3:47 pm
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A recent expedition to the Gulf of Mexico has yielded the largest “dead zone” ever recorded in the area. Measuring 8,776 square miles, this massive patch of oxygen depleted water is wreaking havoc on the Gulf’s marine life—a consequence of unchecked agricultural runoff pouring down from the Mississippi River.
Dead zones appear in the Gulf every summer, and the typical size is around 5,800 square miles. Back in 2002, scientists detected an unusually large dead zone stretching for 8,497 square miles, but this new one, detected just last week, is now the largest ever recorded. At a whopping 8,776 square miles (22,730 sq km), it’s 4.6 times larger than the target size set by the Gulf Hypoxia Task Force. In the words of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, this finding shows that “nutrient pollution, primarily from agriculture and developed land runoff in the Mississippi River watershed is continuing to affect the nation’s coastal resources and habitats in the Gulf.”
Dead zones can cause a loss of fish habitat, or force fish to migrate to other areas to survive. They can also cause reproductive issues among marine animals. Studies suggest that dead zones in the Gulf are leading to fewer large shrimp, for instance. There are over 400 hypoxic zones in the world, but the Gulf of Mexico dead zone is the largest in the US, and one of the largest globally.
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Posted on 8/4/17 at 3:49 pm to Street Hawk
Looks like a fricked up elephant
Posted on 8/4/17 at 3:51 pm to monkeybutt
Looks like a line of ketchup/mustard
Posted on 8/4/17 at 3:51 pm to Street Hawk
I've got over a hundred lbs of various fish in my freezer all of which came from this "dead zone". There ain't nothin dead about it, except for the fish I killed.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 3:52 pm to Street Hawk
This board keeps giving it life
Posted on 8/4/17 at 3:53 pm to Street Hawk
sucks...but can't do much about big muddy dumping half the countries shite into the gulf.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 3:55 pm to bigrob385series
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half the countries shite
Half of which countries?
Posted on 8/4/17 at 4:03 pm to DavidTheGnome
He is being a grammar policeman
Posted on 8/4/17 at 4:04 pm to bigrob385series
Well, whatever "shite" is being dumped in the MS River makes South Louisiana arguably the best fishery in North America, so keep that shite coming.
This post was edited on 8/4/17 at 4:11 pm
Posted on 8/4/17 at 4:12 pm to PapaPogey
I've hauled a lot of fish out of that dead zone and they were all alive. Something is fishy about this story.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 4:14 pm to Street Hawk
Contrary to popular belief the dead zone is actually coming from Galveston swimmers and heading towards us.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 4:47 pm to Street Hawk
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In the words of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, this finding shows that “nutrient pollution, primarily from agriculture and developed land runoff in the Mississippi River watershed is continuing to affect the nation’s coastal resources and habitats in the Gulf.”
Impossible. Everyone knows that there is absolutely nothing humans can do that can possibly affect the environment and that all environmental regulation is just needless red tape intended to stifle business.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 4:47 pm to Street Hawk
Blame the corn belt. Neb, iowa, ill, miz, and kansas. That's where the majority of the runoff fertilizer is coming from.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 4:51 pm to Street Hawk
My favorite Dead Zone includes Christopher Walken.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 4:56 pm to Street Hawk
Since when has the Mississippi been doing this dirty deed? I am calling Al Gore.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 5:09 pm to PapaPogey
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I've got over a hundred lbs of various fish in my freezer all of which came from this "dead zone". There ain't nothin dead about it, except for the fish I killed.
sounds like they are going for melodrama with the name
"depleted" doesn't = none
Apparently not depleted enough for the fish to care
Posted on 8/4/17 at 5:16 pm to Street Hawk
German forces already found this to be bullshite.
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