Study shows continued spread of 'dead zones'
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 14:42
in Earth & Climate
A global study led by Professor Robert Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, shows that the number of "dead zones"—areas of seafloor with too little oxygen for most marine life—has increased by a third between 1995 and 2007.
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