Biofuel production could undercut efforts to shrink Gulf 'Dead Zone'
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 12:07
in Earth & Climate
Scientists in Pennsylvania report that boosting production of crops used to make biofuels could make a difficult task to shrink a vast, oxygen-depleted 'dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico more difficult. The zone, which reached the size of Massachusetts in 2008, forms in summer and threatens marine life and jobs in the region. Their study is scheduled for the 1 October issue of ACS' semi-monthly journal Environmental Science and Technology...