Gulf's 'dead zone' much smaller than predicted

The Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" — where there is too little oxygen in the water for anything to live — is less than half the size predicted earlier this year but also unusually severe, a scientist said Friday.

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Groups seek limits on Mississippi, Gulf pollution

Environmental groups in nine states have petitioned the federal government to set and enforce pollution standards in the Mississippi River basin and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Hurricane Dolly may have shrunk Gulf 'dead zone'

The oxygen-starved "dead zone" that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is a bit smaller than predicted this year because Hurricane Dolly stirred up the water, a scientist reported Monday.

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Floodwaters to widen 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico

Floodwaters loaded with farm runoff are heading down the Mississippi River, and scientists fear the deluge will dramatically increase this summer's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, covering an area the size of Maryland.

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Forecast: Dead zone off La., Texas coasts to grow

Researchers predict a "dead zone" of oxygen-depleted waters off the Louisiana and Texas coasts could grow this summer to 10,084 square miles, making it the largest such expanse in at least 23 years.

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U.S. Corn Boom Has Downside for Gulf

Because of rising demand for ethanol, American farmers are growing more corn than at any time since World War II. And sea life in the Gulf of Mexico is paying the price.

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Post-Flood 'Dead Zone' Found Off Texas

Fresh water pouring into the Gulf of Mexico after weeks of flooding in Texas has created an oxygen-depleted "dead zone" that threatens sea life, a researcher said Tuesday.

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'Dead Zone' Returns to Oregon Coast

The return of oxygen-depleted water off the Oregon coast is a sign of a warming climate, which could have ill effect on populations of sea creatures, scientists said Monday.

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Scientists: Warming Triggers 'Dead Zone'

Bottom fish and crabs washing up dead on Oregon beaches are being killed by a recurring "dead zone" of low-oxygen water that is larger than in previous years and may be triggered by global warming, scientists said.

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There is life in the planet's expanding dead zones, say researchers, who have uncovered a remarkable microbe thriving in toxic waters off the B.C.

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As oxygen levels decline in southern Hood Canal, sea creatures are showing signs of stress, according to scuba divers visiting the area. Wolf eels are sluggish and seem to be panting; sea cucumbers are reaching out with filamentous tentacles; and dead octopuses are being reporte …

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Nancy Rabalais didn't need any fancy testing equipment to know something was wrong in the waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico.

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It's widely accepted in the scientific community that a massive extinction event took place on Earth between the Permian and the Triassic periods, wiping up almost 90 percent of both marine and land species and driving the ancestors of dinosaurs to the brink of extinction.

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Corn Ethanol is Killing the Gulf of Mexico Each summer an oxygen-starved, lifeless "dead zone" swells in the Gulf of Mexico from the toxic nitrogen fertilizer that runs off farms in Midwestern corn country.

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A planned increase in US ethanol production from corn would spell environmental "disaster" for marine species in the Gulf of Mexico, said a co-author of a science study published Monday.

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"We get about 10 to 15 cars stuck near there every day," said Isaac Leviev, manager of Citywide Towing, the AAA's exclusive roadside assistance provider from 42nd St. to the Battery. "You pull the car four or five blocks to the west or east and the car starts right up."

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The third largest dead zone ever mapped exists in the Gulf of Mexico, at the outlet of the Mississippi River, where the nitrogen runoff of all the fertilizer necessary to make "the Breadbasket" arable finally comes out.

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In a new report released at noon today, three environmental and research organizations raise serious questions about the future of corn ethanol, a fuel that Congress has invested subsidies in already, and which is often viewed as a silver bullet solution to the nation's energy  …

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I may have speculated about it earlier, but now it is confirmed. Anthony Michael Hall will play the Riddler in the upcoming Dark Knight film.

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The delicate interplay between the oceans and atmosphere is changing with catastrophic consequences. Entire marine ecosystems have been wiped out, devastating populations of sea birds and larger marine mammals.

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GRANTS PASS, Ore. - The dead zone of oxygen-depleted water that has been killing crabs and fish along the central Oregon Coast is showing the first signs of breaking up, but will likely remain in place until fall storms move in next month.

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The most severe low-oxygen ocean conditions ever observed on the West Coast of the United States have turned parts of the seafloor off Oregon into a carpet of dead Dungeness crabs and rotting sea worms, a new survey shows. Virtually all of the fish appear to have fled the area.

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A dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico created by lack of oxygen will be larger than normal this year, scientists predicted today. The dead zone is an area where oxygen levels drop too low to support most life in water at or near the bottom of the sea. It occurs every summer.

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A "dead zone" is all scientists found when examining the epicenter of last year's tsunami. The 1000-meter chasm was devoid of all life even 5 months after the event. This type of finding is unprecedented, according to a lead researcher.

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