|
|
 |
|
|
|
Dead Zones Increasing in Coastal Waters
|
|
|
Location:
1350 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 403, Washington, District of Columbia, 20036, United States
Contact person:
Reah Janise Kauffman
Organization:
Earth Policy Institute
Website:
http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update41.htm
|
Language(s):
English
Media:
Article or paper, Website
Fax:
202.496.9325
|
Specialty:
Human Resources, Legal Services, Marketing
Phone:
202.496.9290
Last updated:
June 16, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description:
Janet Larsen writes, "As summer comes to the Gulf of Mexico, it brings with it each year a giant "dead zone" devoid of fish and other aquatic life. Expanding over the past
several decades, this area now can span up to 21,000 square kilometers, which is larger than the state of New Jersey. A similar situation is found on a smaller scale in the Chesapeake Bay, where since the 1970s a large
lifeless zone has become a yearly phenomenon, sometimes shrouding 40 percent of the bay. Worldwide, there are some 146 dead zones--areas of water that are too low
in dissolved oxygen to sustain life. Since the 1960s, the number of dead zones has doubled each decade. Many are seasonal, but some of the low-oxygen areas persist year-round.
Full report on website. Available for free downloading.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Permalink:
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Materials/81780-316/c
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
