NOAA is forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life – to be approximately 5,827 square miles, larger than the long-term average measured size of 5,205 square miles.
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NOAA is forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life – to be approximately 5,827 square miles, larger than the long-term average measured size of 5,205 square miles.