2012 Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone” Forecast 2012 Gulf Hypoxia in Brief
Forecast: 1,197 to 6,213 square miles
Results of preliminary June survey cruise find area to be 295 mi2
August 1: Results of mid-summer survey cruise
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NOAA Flood Forecast Includes Dead Zone Impacts for First Time In a first-ever collaboration, findings from NCCOS’s long-term research into the causes and consequences of the Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" were included in the National Weather Service annual sprin...
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone One of the Largest on Record
NCCOS supported scientists have documented that the 2010 “dead zone” (area of hypoxia, or low oxygen) in the northern Gulf of Mexico west of the Mississippi River delta now covers at least 7,7...
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Forecast Predicts Record Size Due to extreme flooding of the Mississippi River this spring the Gulf of Mexico's hypoxic zone is predicted to be larger than average this year, possibly the largest on record. The dead zone is an ...