When that happens it ends up ... Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately decades of intensive nitrogen-rich fertilizer use has created a zone at the mouth of the Mississippi that is starved of oxygen. This ...

In an annual prediction of the size of the Gulf of ... Gulf of Mexico Water Nutrient Task Force. The task force said a 30 percent reduction of nitrogen runoff would be needed to shrink the dead zone.

While the Midwest has seen boosts in farming practices that reduce runoff, there’s also been an increase in practices that ...

An international team looks back 12 million years for clues about the formation of these vast areas where no life can survive A satellite image of the Northern Gulf of Mexico ... Today’s largest open ...

“The northern Gulf of Mexico faces significant environmental challenges, including nutrient overloading, harmful algal blooms, and oxygen depleted ‘dead zones’,” Wang said. “These issues are primarily ...