In spite of above-average rainfall this spring, the Chesapeake Bay’s low-oxygen “dead zone” is predicted to be slightly larger than average this year. Though this year’s increased rainfall led to ...

Diagram of nitrogen and phosphorus amounts that stay in the soil for the area studied in Puerto Rico. LSU scientists hope their AI tools, trained in Puerto Rico, can be used for other more complex ...

The “dead zone” is approximately6,705 square miles, as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low- to no oxygen, ...

(The Center Square) − The Gulf of America's "dead zone" has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over 4,400 square miles — roughly a third smaller than ...