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Google News Search
View the results of a Google News search for "hypoxia," "dead zone" and "gulf of mexixo."
Hypoxia in the News
Hypoxia continues to draw attention worldwide as a critical issue affecting people and ecosystems. A wealth of articles online discuss both the problem and its solutions.
September 24th, 2009 Task Force Meeting
The Task Force convened on September 24th in Des Moines, Iowa for its 18th annual meeting and drew considerable media attention:
- USDA Press Release: Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announces Major Initiative to Improve Health of Mississippi River Basin
- WNAX Agricultural News: Gulf Hypoxia Task Force Member Says They're Moving Ahead With Plan
- Minneapolis Star Tribune: Feds to fund Mississippi clean up from Minnesota to the Gulf
- Wallaces Farmer: State of Iowa Recognizes USDA's Vilsack and EPA's Jackson
- Wallaces Farmer: Iowa to Participate in New USDA Effort Aimed to Help Fix Hypoxia Problem
- Des Moines Register: Iowa to gain chunk of USDA cash to fix water quality
- Hat Chat: USDA and NRCS Announcement Should Impact Indiana Watersheds
Size of the 2009 Hypoxic Zone
Size of Hypoxic Zone, 1985-2009
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Source: NOAA/Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research and Nancy Rabalais, LUMCON
Recent scientific evidence suggests that this year's hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than predicted, but is unusually severe in some places. The release of this information garnered substantial media attention, as indicated below:
- New York Times: Dead Zone in Gulf Is Smaller Than Forecast but More Concentrated in Parts
- NOAA: Smaller Than Expected, But Severe, Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico
- Reuters: U.S. "dead zone" smaller but more severe: NOAA
- Bloomberg Business Wire: Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Is Smaller Than Expected
- Sarasota Herald Tribune: Gulf of Mexico dead zone shrinks
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Gulf's dead zone shrinks this year
- Ecospeak: Gulf's dead zone shrinks this year
- Thibodaux Daily Comet: Good news from the Gulf
- Naples Daily News: Gulf dead zone smaller, but severe
- The New Republic: Is The Gulf's Dead Zone Shrinking? Not Really.
- Podcast on Scientific American: Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Shrinks
Expedition: Blue Planet with Alexandra Cousteau
Alexandra Cousteau, the grandaughter of the famous explorer, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, is a social enviornmental advocate dedicated to the conservation and sustainable management of water resources. Through her new organization, Blue Legacy, Alexandra is traveling the globe, telling the story of our water planet to the world, includiing the critical issue of hypoxia in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin. Through a blog, photos and video, Alexandra and her team present a compelling picture of how the waters of the Gulf and the people who depend on them are affected by this growing concern.
Visit the Blue Planet Web site to learn more.
Journal Articles
- "Spreading Dead Zones and Consequences for Marine Ecosystems" (PDF, 5 pp, 330K)
Diaz and Rosenberg, Science, 2008 - Supporting data from "Spreading Dead Zones and Consequences for Marine Ecosystems" (PDF, 40 pp, 280K)
Diaz, et al., Science, 2008
In the Press
- "Miss. to host cleanup summit"
clarionledger.com, October 11, 2009 - "Gulf Coast program awards Iowa: Farmers reduce fertilizer runoff in Mississippi"
2theadvocate.com, November 2, 2008 - "New "Dead Zone" Report Calls for Greater Protection of Wetlands and Streams"
Kansas City infoZine, October 26, 2008 - "Beyond carbon: Scientists worry about nitrogen's effects"
Richard Morgan, International Herald Tribune, September 2, 2008 - "'Dead Zones' Appear In Waters Worldwide: New Study Estimates More Than 400"
Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, August 15, 2008 - "Ocean "dead zones" spreading"
Bina Venkataraman, The Seattle Times, August 15, 2008 - "Ocean 'Dead Zones' on the Rise"
Bina Venkataraman, New York Times, August 14, 2008 - "Dolly may have shrunk Gulf 'dead zone'"
The Associated Press, USA Today, August 1, 2008 - "A 'Dead Zone' in The Gulf of Mexico: Scientists Say Area That Cannot Support Some Marine Life Is Near Record Size"
Joel Achenbach, Washington Post, July 31, 2008 - "Dead Zone Again Rivals Record Size"
LUMCON press release: July 28, 2008 - "Survey Cruise Records Second-Largest "Dead Zone" in Gulf of Mexico Since Measurements Began in 1985"
NOAA press release: July 28, 2008 - "From Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico: The lethal trickle down effect"
Mollee Francisco, The Chaska Herald, July 17, 2008 - "Floods could widen Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone', Huge difference' over '07 likely in '08, which was already pegged as record"
The Associated Press, MSNBC, June 20, 2008 - "Gulf Dead Zone Likely to Set Record"
Kent Garber, U.S. News and World Report, June 12, 2008 - "Oxygen-depleted 'dead zone' growing in Gulf of Mexico"
The Associated Press, USA Today, July 17, 2007 - "Hypoxia: the undersea killer"
Elizabeth Williamson, The Seattle Times, May 19, 2006
On TV
The Mississippi - The Threat (11/20/2008)
Producers fear hypoxia could kill LA's oysters and drive shrimp and crawfish farther into the Gulf. (hypoxia segment starts at minute 16:18)
Watch: Dead Zone in the Gulf (7/10/2008)
Leaders want to know what's causing the dead zone in the gulf to get bigger.
Dead Zone (8/21/2008)
CNN's Allan Chernoff reports this summer's Midwestern flooding is causing an environmental hazard in the Gulf of Mexico.
Gulf Dead Zone Grows to Record Size (7/16/2008)
Report on record-breaking dead zone in Gulf of Mexico
Video from "Assignment Earth" on the Gulf Dead Zone
Overview of the causes of hypoxia and its affect on the biology of the Gulf.
