Photo Credit: NASA Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive, have been expanding in the open ocean and coastal waters for several decades as a result of human ...

The dead zone, or hypoxic area, is an area in a body of water with low oxygen that can be fatal for fish and marine life. This year, it spans 5,827 square miles, which is larger than the average ...

To find lots of shrimp, fishermen like Pizani have to travel to the edge of the dead zone. He calculated that it costs him $450 a day in diesel fuel to fish. "You just gotta keep going miles and ...

Kochi: A new study that highlights the seasonality and the impact of climate change recorded the occurrence of a dead zone at ...

Scientists have announced that the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone"—where there is so little oxygen that the ocean becomes unsurvivable—is now the size of New Jersey. Around 6,705 square miles of ...