COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)- If you have ever heard someone talk about a “dead zone” in the Gulf, you might wonder what that means. According to NOAA, the “dead zone” is caused by hypoxia, which refers to ...

More than 4 million acres of marine life habitat have become a "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the lives of fish and other marine animals, NOAA said on Thursday. Although this is an ...

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 ...

The “dead zone” forms in the Gulf of Mexico every summer. It’s caused by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, largely from farm fertilizer and municipal runoff, which are carried down the ...

For decades, an oxygen-depleted "dead zone" that is harmful to sea life has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico in a region off Louisiana and Texas. This year, it's larger than average, federal scientists ...

Murky, sediment-rich Mississippi River water mixes with saltwater in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana on June 7. The Mississippi River carries nutrient runoff from 41% of the United ...