The Dead Zone dissipated that fall, and based on 40 years of ocean monitoring and local fishing lore, many thought they would never see it again. This summer, the Dead Zone came back.

Researchers warned in a new study that oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where animals and plants are struggling to survive, have increased fourfold may not be reversible. Growing &#82… ...

newsmaker Robert Diaz, a leading marine scientist working with the U.N., explains the increasing phenomenon of lifeless habitats.

Oregon State University. (2008, February 15). Ocean Dead-Zones May Be Linked To Global Warming. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2008 / 02 / 080214144547.htm ...

There are over 400 coastal dead zones around the world, regions so poor in dissolved oxygen that marine life can’t survive during the summer months. And it looks like these dead zones will be ...

The team examined the chemical composition of ocean sediments near today’s largest ocean dead zone, located in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The team obtained sediment samples—the “history books” of ...

Many coastal areas of the world’s oceans are being starved of oxygen at an alarming rate, with vast stretches along the seafloor depleted of it to the point where they can barely sustain marine ...

In recent years, massive fertilizer runoff from big farms has depleted oxygen in parts of the ocean, choking off life in these aptly-named dead zones. That much is well known and widely studied ...

Ocean 'Dead Zones' On Increase. March 29, 2004 / 9:28 AM EST / AP So-called "dead zones," oxygen-starved areas of the world's oceans that are devoid of fish, ...