The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has renamed ...

sediment swirling on Louisiana’s coast as it meets the Gulf of Mexico An aerial view of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on June 7, 2024. Nutrients from throughout the Mississippi River basin wash down ...

Student Jorddy Gonzalez and Dr. Cassandra Glaspie retrieve the CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) sensor package after measuring dissolved oxygen at a stop on the Gulf hypoxia cruise. (Photo by ...

Students Jorddy Gonzalez and Lily Tubbs retrieve the CTD (conductivity, temperature, depth) sensor package after measuring dissolved oxygen at a regular stop on the annual hypoxia cruise while ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Scientists released findings showing that the Gulf dead zone west of the Mississippi River is smaller than last year, at around 4,772 square miles. The dead zone is an area of low ...

In the sunsoaked sands of Florida’s Forgotten Coast, a simple family outing turned into an unexpected lesson on nature’s ...

The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium has a goal of shrinking the zone to 1,900 square miles by 2035. A massive lifeless zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico is significantly smaller than ...

The Gulf “dead zone” off Louisiana’s coast was nearly the size of Connecticut this summer, researchers reported Thursday — even as the Trump administration proposes cuts to some federal funding ...

THE "DEAD ZONE" IN THE GULF OF MEXICO -- an area that forms every year where much of the aquatic life has died -- has begun to appear much earlier than usual, indicating it may be larger than in the ...

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 ...

Lane Simmons of the U.S. Geological Survey collects a water-quality sample at the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USGS 07374000). Credit: Scott Dennis, USGS. NOAA is forecasting this ...

(The Center Square) − The Gulf of America's "dead zone" has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over 4,400 square miles — roughly a third smaller than ...