Connecticut-Sized Dead Zone Found in Gulf of Mexico

This area is called “the dead zone” because dissolved oxygen levels are too low to support life. Animals that can move out of the area, like fish and shrimp, will leave, and animals that can’t, like brittle stars …

[source: http://ecowatch.com/2013/dead-zone-found-in-gulf-of-mexico/]


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