Dead Zone

Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ smaller-than-average this summer due to storms

The bottom area of low oxygen in Louisiana coastal waters west of the Mississippi River, commonly known as the “Dead Zone,” was mapped at a much smaller-than-average size this summer.

Does the Gulf’s ‘dead zone’ stir candidates in Iowa?

Note: This is part of an occasional series by LSU journalism students covering the presidential campaign in Iowa. Tom Rendon came here to a Sen. Bernie Sanders presidential campaign event and handed out stickers that said, “Water is Life.

‘Dead Zone’ forecast to exceed the size of Connecticut

Scientists have predicted the dead zone, or area with little to no oxygen in the northern Gulf of Mexico, will become larger than the state of Connecticut by the end of July. The dead zone will cover about 6,620 square miles of the bottom of the continental shelf off Louisiana and Texas.