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Researchers identify new dead zone south of Mississippi Coast, work toward solutions
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - In late July, Louisiana State University researchers found a hypoxic “dead zone” east of the Mississippi River, due south of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. A hypoxic dead ...
Reaching Gulf dead zone reduction goals will cost $7 billion, study finds
New research on the cost of reducing the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone places a $7 billion dollar annual price tag on reaching ...
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Here’s what it would cost to shrink the Gulf’s dead zone by 45%
A coalition of researchers from West Virginia University, Iowa State University and the Texas Soil and Water Research Laboratory has determined that decreasing nitrogen runoff from agriculture in the ...
Examining the economic impacts of aquatic dead zones
A West Virginia University researcher is working to understand and estimate environmental cleanup costs associated with ...
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Humans, fish threatened by larger than average 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico. Here's what to know.
A recently released forecast predicted a larger-then-normal dead zone ... of the dead zone and the ongoing efforts to minimize its damage being carried out by the Interagency Mississippi River ...
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Car tumbles over embankment into Mississippi River, 1 dead
MINNEAPOLIS — Officials are investigating after a man was found dead in a car that was partially submerged in the Mississippi River on Sunday morning. Minneapolis park police say they got a call ...
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Louisiana's plan to help reduce size of Gulf 'dead zone' called ineffective
Most of the nutrient pollution contributing to the dead zone flows down the Mississippi River from agricultural Midwestern states. “The agency is currently in the process of reviewing and ...
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The origins of ocean 'dead zones'
Today’s largest open ocean dead zone, located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, emerged eight million years ago as a result of increasing nutrient content in the ocean, an international team of scientists ...
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The Largest River Delta In USA Could Soon Be Lost To The Sea
The Mississippi ... River Delta is allowed to continue deteriorating. Almost half of the Louisiana population – over 2 million people — lives near the state’s coastal zone, and these people ...
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Reaching Gulf dead zone reduction goals will cost $7B, study finds
New research on the cost of reducing the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone places a $7 billion dollar annual price tag on reaching ...