Scientists find changes to Gulf of Mexico dead zone
Monday, August 9, 2010 - 15:56
in Earth & Climate
NOAA-supported scientists have found this year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be the fifth largest on record at 7,722 square miles - an area the size of New Jersey, near the upper limit of their projections, but tropical storm activity in the Gulf of Mexico caused the zone to be a patchwork rather than a continuous band.