dead zone

This year's zone is over 6,700 square miles. The average over the past five years is about 4,300.

The hypoxic zone — an area of low to no oxygen — in the Gulf of Mexico is about 3,058 square miles. The "dead zone" can kill fish and marine life.

The area of low to no oxygen— also known as a hypoxic zone— that can kill fish and marine life, is about 3,275 square miles.

The new University of Miami research inspired an English scientist and poet to turn it into verse.

Scientists say the area of little-to-no oxygen is about the size of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie put together.

Scientists recently went on their annual excursion to the "dead zone" in the northern Gulf of Mexico, only to find that tropical weather disrupted the…

Federal scientists are predicting that this summer’s “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico will be larger than average.The dead zone is an area of…

Every summer, fish and other marine life are forced out of their habitats in the Gulf of Mexico due to an insidious “dead zone.”The area, also known as a…

A summertime Gulf of Mexico dead zone fueled by pollution flowing out of the Mississippi River watershed could be among the largest on record this year.

A record-setting "dead zone," where water doesn't have enough oxygen for fish to survive, has appeared this summer. One major cause is pollution from farms.