Floodwaters to widen 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico

June 21, 2008 By SETH BORENSTEIN , AP Science Writer

(AP) -- Floodwaters loaded with farm runoff are heading down the Mississippi River, and scientists fear the deluge will dramatically increase this summer's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, covering an area the size of Maryland.

Content from The Associated Press expires 15 days after original publication date. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:

Use of Twitter, Facebook rising among gang members

Feb 02, 2010 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Rwanda's Forest of Hope to expand by 21 percent, begin corridor for endangered chimpanzees

Feb 01, 2010 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Maximum height of extreme waves up dramatically in Pacific Northwest

Jan 25, 2010 | 3.6 / 5 (19) | 24

Ecuador's Yasuni National Park identified as one of the most biodiverse places on earth

Jan 19, 2010 | 4.7 / 5 (6) | 1

Why Haiti keeps getting hammered by disasters

Jan 13, 2010 | 5 / 5 (3) | 25

Rate this story - 5 /5 (2 votes)

rank
1
2
3
4
5

view popular

Other News

Climate 'Tipping Points' May Arrive Without Warning, Says Top Forecaster

Space & Earth / Environment

59 minutes ago | not rated yet | 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new University of California, Davis, study by a top ecological forecaster says it is harder than experts thought to predict when sudden shifts in Earth's natural systems will occur -- a worrisome finding ...

A new 3D map of the interstellar gas within 300 parsecs from the Sun

Space & Earth / Astronomy

3 hours ago | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing new 3D maps of the interstellar gas in the local area around our Sun. A French-American team of astronomers presents new absorption measurements toward ...

URI researcher calls for global effort to monitor marine pollutants

Space & Earth / Environment

2 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

A University of Rhode Island researcher who studies chemical pollutants in the marine environment has called on colleagues around the world to establish a global monitoring network to verify that the chemicals banned by the ...

Professor: We have a 'moral obligation' to seed universe with life

Space & Earth / Astronomy

12 hours ago | 3.7 / 5 (19) | 34 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Eventually, the day will come when life on Earth ends. Whether that’s tomorrow or five billion years from now, whether by nuclear war, climate change, or the Sun burning up its fuel, the last ...

New international satellite observations help assess future earthquake risk in Haiti

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

4 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

Virginia Key, Florida--Scientists at the University of Miami have analyzed images based on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) observations taken before and just after Haiti's earthquake, on January 12. The images ...