The Gulf of America’s “dead zone” has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over ...

The massive area of low oxygen can cause fish, shrimp and other marine life to flee or die. It can also affect fish diets, ...

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can ...

The Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" is smaller than previous measurements and forecasts, NOAA announced. There are 2.8 million ...

The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, predicts the section of water where oxygen is unnaturally low will ...

The "dead zone" has grown this year due to increased rainfall in America's Midwest washing ever greater amounts of nutrients into the Mississippi, which ultimately end up in the Gulf.

Last month, NOAA said discharge in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers was about 67% above the long-term average. The Gulf of Mexico dead zone is one of the largest in the world, according to NOAA.

The annual “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which last year was the size of New Jersey, is forecast to persist for several decades, a new study said.

Scientists just measured the largest dead zone ever recorded for the Gulf of Mexico, a whopping 8,776 square miles, massive enough to cover all of New Jersey.