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Ocean Dead Zones

The Adventure of the Strangled Gulf

John DeCock | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Fertilizer, Agribusiness, Pesticides, Ethanol, Ocean Dead Zones, Toxics, Dead Zone, Green News
John DeCock

I requested of Holmes an elucidation as to how residents of the rural Midwestern United States could be responsible for a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. "It's elementary," he said with aplomb.

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Bad Acid Trip

David Helvarg | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Co2, Ocean Acidification, Ocean Policy Task Force, Oceans, Ocean Dead Zones, Plankton, Barack Obama, Green News
David Helvarg

More than 40 years after Woodstock it's the ocean that's on a bad acid trip. It's been scraped raw, emptied out, overheated, poisoned and abused, not a good time to be ingesting dangerous chemicals.

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Record Corn Crop Spells More Trouble for Gulf of Mexico Fisheries

Robert Howarth | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: American Corn Production, Ethanol, Ocean Dead Zones, Gulf of Mexico, Corn, Dead Zone, Gulf Fisheries, Green News
Robert Howarth

The fertilizer used on America's corn fields is the principle culprit responsible for the dead zone, a huge swath of ocean devoid of fish and shellfish.

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Green News Report - July 30, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Electric Vehicles, Green News Report, Tar Sands, Stephen Chu, Ocean Dead Zones, Green News, Cash for Clunkers, Oil Prices, Composting, Sustainability, Climate Change, Sustainable Seafood, China, Solar Power, Cool-Roofs, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In today's audio report: China & the U.S., together again

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Climate Concerns, Treadmill Make Athletic Shrimp A Star (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Marine Life, Ocean Dead Zones, Green News, Pacific University, Shrimp, Climate Change, Fish, Environment, David Scholnick, Oceans, Oceans Warming, Global Warming, Green News

Climate change is reeking havoc on marine life. Not only have sea temperatures risen dramatically, but storms and waves are becoming increasingly dama...

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Subprime Development: the Mother of All Collapses

Janet Ranganathan | Posted 11.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Poverty, Ocean Dead Zones, Dead Zone, Ecosystems, Environment, Wetlands, Climate Change, Amazon, Green News
Janet Ranganathan

Of the two billion people living on less than $2 a day, three quarters live in rural communities that depend on natural ecosystems for sustenance and livelihoods. If subprime development persists, many will pay: first with their livelihoods, and then with their lives.

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Ocean Dead Zones May Be Worse Than Thought

Wired | Brandon Keim | Posted 10.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Science, Ocean Dead Zones, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News

Oxygen-starved ocean dead zones may be more widespread than thought. Spanish researchers found that many species die off at oxygen levels well above ...

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Maybe the Meek Really Will Inherit the Earth

Bob Ostertag | Posted 09.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Green News, Environment, Crazy Weather, Low Oxygen Ocean, Global Warming, Ocean Dead Zones, Climate Change, Green News
Bob Ostertag

Today the journal Science published new research which shows that the number of marine "dead zones" around the world has doubled about every 10 years since the 1960s.

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Ocean "Dead Zones" Become Worldwide Problem

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 09.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Ocean Dead Zones, Climate Change, Low Oxygen Ocean, Environment, Crazy Weather, Global Warming, Green News

WASHINGTON — Like a chronic disease spreading through the body, "dead zones" with too little oxygen for life are expanding in the world's oceans...

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