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Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico
July 5, 2012 | USGS

“Every summer for the past several decades, a large dead zone has threatened the economic and ecological health of the Gulf of Mexico, the nation’s largest and most productive fishery.” Quoted from the USGS press release.


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