Survey Cruise Records Second-Largest "Dead Zone" in Gulf of

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NOAA-supported scientists from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium found the size of this year?s Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be 7,988 square miles, slightly smaller than the predicted record size of 8,800 square miles and similar to the area measured in 2007. Scientists think Hurricane Dolly?s wind and waves may have added oxygen to the zone to reduce its size.

 

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