The zone this year is about 6,334 square miles, an area slightly larger than the state of Connecticut. The average Gulf dead zone, based on data from the past five years, is about 5,380 square miles.

The average Gulf dead zone is about 5,309 square miles; the record is 8,776 square miles set in 2017. A dead zone occurs at the bottom of a body of water when there isn't enough oxygen in the ...

Did you know there's a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico? No, we're not talking about the 1983 sci-fi horror film, or the early 2000s sci-fi TV series. This one is very much real. For ...

Scientists warn of near-record "dead zone" in Gulf of Mexico following major flooding 05:12. Nearly 6,000 square miles - an area roughly the size of Connecticut - will become a "dead zone" for ...

Did you know there's a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico? No, we're not talking about the 1983 sci-fi horror film, or the early 2000s sci-fi TV series. This one is very much real. For ...

The record-breaking dead zone this year is the result of unusually heavy rains in the Midwest, which flushed a lot of nutrients into the Gulf. The dead zone is invisible from the surface of the ocean.

The Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone is a product of nutrient-rich water flowing from the Mississippi River watershed, which reaches up into Canada and drains water from 32 states.

Now, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted that this summer's Gulf of Mexico dead zone could grow to around 7,829 square miles—or about the same size as the ...

Gulf of Mexico dead zone, July 2017. The map shows an area nearly 400 miles (643km) across. N. Rabalais, LSU/LUMCON Fish and other mobile sea creatures are able to escape ...

The size of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone fluctuates annually, but increased precipitation this year amplified runoff. The result is an oxygen-depleted area almost 50 percent larger than what has ...

This year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone is the largest ever since tracking began in 1985. Here's what that means, how it got so big, and what needs to be done.