Hypoxia in the News
As hypoxia continues to become a world wide problem, articles in scientific journals and heightened media coverage is raising awareness of the issue.
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
- "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
More News Articles
View the results of a Google News search for "hypoxia" and "dead zone."
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.