The annual forecast for the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, predicts the section of water where oxygen is unnaturally low will be ...

NOAA and partners will announce findings from a recent research cruise to measure the extent of the hypoxic or “dead zone” in ...

NOAA is forecasting this summer’s Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico) “dead zone” to be average-sized, covering approximately 5,574 square miles — an area roughly three times the ...

With this data, NOAA is forecasting this summer’s dead zone in the Gulf to be roughly 5,574 square miles (average sized). This has an roughly the size of the state of Connecticut. Observed ...

Every summer, a dead zone forms in the Gulf of Mexico, creating a hypoxic area where oxygen levels are too low to support marine life. This phenomenon affects millions of acres, rendering them ...

AMES, Iowa – Nancy Rabalais has dedicated more than three decades to researching and bringing national attention to growing ecosystem concerns in the Gulf of Mexico. Her lecture at Iowa State ...

Nutrient runoff from the Mississippi River has contributed to a hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico, or an area of water with low levels of dissolved oxygen. The low oxygen levels in the gulf “dead ...