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Above Average Summer 2024 ‘Dead Zone’ Measured in Gulf of Mexico
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This measurement brings the five-year average to 4,298 square miles, which is more than two times larger than the 2035 target set by the Mississippi ...
NOAA Forecasts Average ‘Dead Zone’ for Gulf of Mexico
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The Mississippi River watershed encompasses over 40% of the continental U.S and crosses 22 state boundaries. Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in ...
Dead Zone - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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The interagency Mississippi River/Gulf of America Hypoxia Task Force was established in the fall of 1997 as part of a process of considering options ...
NOAA Forecasts Above Average ‘Dead Zone’ for Gulf of Mexico in Summer 2024
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The Mississippi River watershed, which encompasses over 40% of the continental U.S and crosses 22 state boundaries, is made up of farms (yellow) ...
Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ Largest Ever Measured
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The similarity between predicted and measured size emphasizes the role of Mississippi River nutrient runoff in controlling the magnitude of hypoxia. A ...
Reducing Runoff that fuels Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
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The Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force (“Hypoxia Task Force”) works to reduce and control hypoxia, or the dead zone, in ...
Large ‘Dead Zone’ Measured in Gulf of Mexico - NCCOS
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The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force uses the annual hypoxic zone size determination as a key metric to measure progress toward ...
NOAA Forecasts Larger than Average ‘Dead Zone’ for Gulf of Mexico
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The Mississippi River watershed encompasses over 40% of the continental U.S and crosses 22 state boundaries. Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in ...
NOAA Forecasts Very Large ‘Dead Zone’ for Gulf of Mexico
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The Mississippi River watershed drains 1.245 million square miles, including all or parts of 31 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. This map ...
NOAA Forecasts Smaller than Average ‘Dead Zone’ for Gulf of Mexico In ...
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Mississippi River discharge and nutrient loading data for the month of May jointly contribute to the estimated size of the Gulf’s dead zone during the ...
Price of Shrimp Impacted by Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone”
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Caused by excessive nutrient pollution delivered from the Mississippi River, primarily from agriculture and wastewater, the low oxygen levels are ...
Larger than Expected Summer ‘Dead Zone’ Measured in Gulf of Mexico
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This measurement brings the five-year average to 5,380 square miles, which is 2.8 times larger than the 2035 target set by the Mississippi River/Gulf ...
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone fed by Nutrient Inputs from the Mississippi River
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A plume of freshwater enriched in nutrients and sediments enters the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River. Credit: Nancy Rabalais, Louisiana ...
Study Provides Nutrient Reduction Targets to Reach Gulf Dead Zone Goal
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The HTF also set an interim 20 percent load reduction target of spring nitrogen loading from the Mississippi River by 2025 as part of their adaptive ...
Operational Gulf of America Hypoxia Monitoring
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The Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico) hypoxia monitoring cruise is an annual shelf-wide survey of the Gulf’s hypoxic area (i.e., “dead zone”) ...
New Research Defines Origin and Dynamic Behavior of Gulf of Mexico Dead ...
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Region(s) of Study: Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico), Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, U.S. States and Territories, Waterbodies Primary ...
An Integrated Assessment of Oil and Gas Release into the Marine ...
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Illustration of the collapsed well jacket and damaged pipes from Taylor Energy’s Mississippi Canyon 20 Platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: NOAA ...
New Funding to Reduce Nutrient Pollution Reviewed at Gulf of Mexico ...
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The Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force held its 37th annual meeting in December to review ongoing actions to improve water quality in the Mississippi ...
Coastal eutrophication near the Mississippi river delta
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Here we present evidence of eutrophication of the continental shelf near the outflow of the Mississippi river, obtained by quantifying biologically ...
Outdoor Recreation and Public Perceptions of Prescribed Fires in ...
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In Mississippi, from 2023 to 2024, there were approximately 400 fire alerts in Jackson County alone and approximately 3,500 fire alerts statewide (Mis ...