Nearly 6,000 square miles in the Gulf of Mexico are expected to be severely lacking in oxygen, forcing some marine life out and leaving those that remain to likely die, this summer.
Nearly 6,000 square miles - an area roughly the size of Connecticut - will become a 'dead zone' for marine life in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration warned on Thursday. Although such areas happen every summer, this year's will be more than 600 square miles larger than average. Dead zones are areas in the water where oxygen levels are so low that they can kill fish and other marine life.
'In a natural system, these nutrients aren't significant factors in algae growth because they are depleted in the soil by plants. However, with anthropogenically increased nitrogen and phosphorus input, algae growth is no longer limited,' the college says. 'Consequently, algal blooms develop, the food chain is altered, and dissolved oxygen in the area is depleted.
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