Record-Size \'Dead-Zone\' Off US Coast Could Threaten Marine Life

Record-Size 'Dead-Zone' Off US Coast Could Threaten Marine Life

Experts blamed unusually high rainfall across the U.S. Midwest this Spring that washed farm fertilisers along streams and rivers through the Mississippi River Basin out into the Gulf.

Science | | Updated: June 11, 2019 18:35 IST
Record-Size 'Dead-Zone' Off US Coast Could Threaten Marine Life

The problem might get worse if more significant tropical storms wash out more farm-fed nutrients.(File)


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