NOAA scientists are expecting a very large “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico this year following a relatively small one by recent standards in 2012 due to the worst drought conditions in 100 years affecting the approximately 41% of… Read More ›
Marine Dead Zones
New Brief Available: Ocean Hypoxia-‘Dead Zones’
Issue Brief: Ocean Hypoxia – ‘Dead Zones’ 15 May 2013 Summary During the last few decades, anthropogenic inputs of excess nutrients into the coastal environment, from agricultural activities and wastewater, have dramatically increased the occurrence of coastal eutrophication and hypoxia…. Read More ›
Meat, Farms, The Sea and Me
The treatment of factory farm animals is nightmarish enough, but their wastes grow into an environmental catastrophe that directly affects our seas
Neptune 911! 