Dry weather impacts Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone

The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is smaller this year, primarily because the Mississippi River basin is so dry, the waterway is moving less water and carrying fewer nutrients from states like Iowa. Nutrient pollution, in the form of nitrogen and phosphorous, is the main cause of low oxygen levels that threaten marine […]

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