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Home » Midwest drought brings fourth smallest Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ since 1985

Midwest drought brings fourth smallest Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ since 1985

NOAA-supported scientists have found the size of this year’s Gulf of Mexico oxygen-free ‘dead zone’ to be the fourth smallest since mapping of the annual hypoxic, or oxygen-free area began in 1985.

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