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NOAA is forecasting this summer’s Gulf “dead zone” to be approximately 7,027 square miles

three people conducting water quality data collection at the Mississippi River at Vicksburg, MS NOAA is forecasting this summer’s Gulf “dead zone” –an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life– to be approximately 7,027 square miles, larger than the long-term average measured size of 5,223 square miles.