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Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ Largest Ever Measured
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The research team thinks the best hope for decreasing the size of the dead zone is through the continued nutrient management actions of the ...
Stormwater Runoff in Coastal Watersheds: Predicting Impacts of ...
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For modeling runoff from a two-year storm event (4.5 inches over a period of 24 hours), peak runoff rate is three to five times greater in the ...
Climate Change Likely to Worsen Impact of Urban Runoff on Southern ...
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The downtown Los Angeles skyline. Credit Wikimedia Commons. An NCCOS-funded study found that nutrient-laden, urban runoff is fueling algal blooms in ...
Above Average Summer 2024 ‘Dead Zone’ Measured in Gulf of Mexico
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The agency continues to partner with states to develop new tools to predict nutrient runoff to waterways and to support the Northern Gulf Institute to ...
Working to Understand and Remedy Dead Zone in Green Bay, Wisconsin
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This nutrient-rich runoff – loaded with phosphorus from farm fields, residential lawns, and city streets – fuels algal blooms in the bay that with ...
NOAA Forecasts Smaller than Average ‘Dead Zone’ for Gulf of Mexico In ...
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Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in runoff and discharges from agricultural and urban areas are the major contributors to the annual summer hypoxic ...
Smaller than Expected Summer 2022 ‘Dead Zone’ Measured in Gulf of ...
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Additionally, initiatives such as NOAA’s Runoff Risk Forecast, designed to help farmers apply fertilizer at optimum times to ensure it stays on ...
NOAA Forecasts Larger than Average ‘Dead Zone’ for Gulf of Mexico
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Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in runoff and discharges from agricultural and urban areas are the major contributors to the annual summer hypoxic ...
Farm Runoff in Mississippi River Floodwater Fuels Dead Zone in Gulf ...
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A dead zone — already the size of the state of New Jersey — is growing in the Gulf of Mexico, fueled by nutrient runoff from the swollen Mississippi ...
Larger than Expected Summer ‘Dead Zone’ Measured in Gulf of Mexico
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In June 2021, NOAA forecasted an average-sized hypoxic zone of 4,880 square miles, based primarily on the Mississippi River discharge and nutrient run ...
Lake Erie Eutrophication Exacerbated by Release of Sediment Phosphorus ...
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Lake Erie has a history of environmental degradation and past industrial and wastewater runoff led to eutrophication throughout the lake. Although ...
Using Satellite Imagery to Assess Impacts of Land-based Pollution on ...
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Land-based rainwater runoff carries tremendous amounts of pollution, especially sediment, into estuarine and marine ecosystems. Too much of this ...
EPA’s National Stormwater Calculator - NCCOS
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A downloadable application that estimates the annual rainfall and frequency of runoff from a specified area located within the United States ...
Contaminants of Emerging Concern - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Headwater streams, such as tidal creeks in the coastal zone, are most susceptible to chemical runoff. These areas also serve as critical habitats ...
The response of runoff and sediment loading in the Apalachicola River ...
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The response of runoff and sediment loading in the Apalachicola River under projected climate change scenarios and land use land cover (LULC) change ...
Forecasting the Causes, Consequences, and Potential Solutions for ...
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It receives runoff from watersheds in Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Ontario. Excessive phosphorus inputs in the mid-1900s may ...
Runoff from Iowa farms growing concern in Gulf | The Des Moines ...
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Nitrates from the fertilizer and manure that Iowa’s farmers apply to their fields, mixed with sewage and runoff from suburban lawns, flow 800 miles ...
Coral Watershed Monitoring Using Remote Sensing Assets
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Watershed runoff can adversely affect the health of coral reefs. Our work will provide coral reef managers with a method to monitor land-based runoff ...
What Powers Florida Red Tides? - NCCOS Coastal Science Website
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Florida red tides generally develop 10-40 miles offshore on the southwest Florida shelf, away from coastal nutrient pollution, and are transported by ...
Beach Showers Pollute Hawaii’s Coral Reefs with Sunscreen
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