Possible record-setting deadzone for Gulf of Mexico predicted
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 - 08:30
in Earth & Climate
Scientists are forecasting that this year's Gulf of Mexico hypoxic "dead" zone will be between 7,286 and 8,561 square miles which could place it among the ten largest recorded. A second forecast, for the Chesapeake Bay, calls for a smaller than average dead zone in the nation's largest estuary.