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‘Dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico now the size of New Jersey, scientists say
NOAA announced Thursday that their annual measurement of the largest dead zone in U.S. waters, the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, is roughly the size of New Jersey. A dead zone is an area where oxygen ...
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The origins of ocean 'dead zones'
An international team looks back 12 million years for clues about the formation of these vast areas where no life can survive A satellite image of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, where 'dead zones' can ...
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Rafael fizzles out in Gulf of Mexico, but rip currents are still a risk along coast
Despite Rafael being reduced to a shredded zone of downpours and thunderstorms, coastal flooding and rip currents remained a ...
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One dead and many missing as Pemex offshore plant explodes in Gulf of Mexico
Six people were initially reported injured and taken to hospitals in nearby Campeche Sunday after a Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico was set ablaze following an ...