Scientists forecast the low-oxygen zone will be around 4,100 square miles this summer, despite federal efforts to reduce nutrient runoff from fertilizer use on Midwest farms.
Missouri and 11 other states bordering the Mississippi River are working together to address the different factors that together create seasonal dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. Each partner
The Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force, a partnership formed in the late 1990s with the goal of reducing the size and severity of the hypoxic zone, currently is co-chaired by Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig.
An expert says drought made the Mississippi River sluggish and led to a smaller than average dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico — an area where there s too little
Drought made the Mississippi River sluggish and led to a smaller than average dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico an area where there’s too little oxygen to support marine life, the scientist who's been measuring it for decades said Wednesday.