Hurricane Dolly may have shrunk Gulf 'dead zone'

July 29th, 2008 in Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

(AP) -- The oxygen-starved "dead zone" that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is a bit smaller than predicted this year because Hurricane Dolly stirred up the water, a scientist reported Monday.

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