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Top 10 of 2023 | NOAA forecasted the Gulf of Mexico dead zone

Published on: 12/19/2023
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Map of US shows watershed shaded yellow for agriculture, green for natural and red for developed land leading to Gulf of Mexico

Top 10 of 2023 | Last summer NOAA forecasted the Gulf of Mexico dead zone–an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life–to be approximately 4,155 square miles. This was smaller than the long-term average of 5,362 square miles. Check in tomorrow for the results https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/noaa-forecasts-smaller-than-average-dead-zone-for-gulf-of-mexico-in-summer-2023/

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