RedOrbit: cientists are expecting a very large dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, according to several NOAA-supported forecast models. Those same models predict a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay.
A research team comprised of scientists from the University of Michigan, Louisiana State University, and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium used the NOAA-supported models to forecast that this years Gulf of Mexico hypoxic dead zone" will be between 7,286 and 8,561 square miles,...