2 Very Different Forecasts For Gulf ‘Dead Zone’ « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Scientists from Louisiana and Michigan have wildly different predictions for the size of this year’s “dead zone” of low-oxygen water in the Gulf of Mexico.
Forecasts released Thursday say it will either be the smallest in nearly a quarter century at just under 1,200 square miles, or five times that big and a bit above average.
The forecasts are based on different hypotheses about how the system works.
via 2 Very Different Forecasts For Gulf ‘Dead Zone’ « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth.
Related NCCOS Center(s): CSCOR
Related Region(s): Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Texas
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