Agricultural runoff from farms and livestock operations creates oxygen-depleted areas inhospitable to animal and plant lifeScientists recently surveyed the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico around Louisiana and Texas and what they discovered was a larger-than-average area of oxygen-depleted water - a "dead zone" where nothing can live.National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists announced their findings this week: about 4m acres of habitat in the Gulf are unusable for fish and bottom-dwelling species. The researchers had estimated a smaller dead zone this year, predicting an average-sized area. Continue reading...
Dead zones spread along Oregon coast and Gulf of Mexico, study shows
6. srpna 2021 11:45
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/06/dead-zones-oregon-coast-gulf-mexico-study
Zdroj: The Guardian