> Quote of the day:
> The water cycle & the life cycle are one.  Jacques
> Cousteau~~~~~<@))))><
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>  
> Survey Finds Gulf 'Dead Zone' Much Larger 
> 
> Mon Aug 1, 8:35 PM ET 
>  
> The dead zone off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas
> is nearly the size of Connecticut and much larger
> than federal researchers had predicted earlier this
> year, according to a new survey.
>  
> An annual weeklong cruise led by researchers with
> the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium found
> an area of low-oxygen measuring 4,564 square miles
> and extending from the Mississippi River to the
> Texas border. On average, the dead zone has measured
> about 4,800 square miles since 1985.
>  
> The dead zone, also known as hypoxia, forms each
> spring and summer as fresh water enters the Gulf of
> Mexico and causes large algae blooms. The algae die
> and sink to the bottom of the Gulf, where they
> decompose, using up oxygen in the deeper, saltier
> water. Fish avoid the low-oxygen water, and
> bottom-living organisms are killed.
>  
> For the rest of the article:
>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050802/ap_on_sc/dead_zone
>  
> On the Net:
>  
> Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Watch Page:
> http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/ecosystems/hypoxia
>  
> LUMCON: http://www.lumcon.edu
>  
> For some nutrient data collected by citizen water
> quality monitors:
> Sierra Club-Tennessee Water Sentinels:
> http://www.sierraclub.org/watersentinels/tennessee/
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>  
> Pacific Coast Life Concerns Scientists 
> 
> By TERENCE CHEA, Associated Press Writer
> 
> Mon Aug 1, 8:29 PM ET 
> 
> 
> 
> Marine biologists are seeing mysterious and
> disturbing things along the Pacific Coast this year:
> higher water temperatures, plummeting catches of
> fish, lots of dead birds on the beaches, and perhaps
> most worrisome, very little plankton — the tiny
> organisms that are a vital link in the ocean food
> chain.
> 
> Is this just one freak year? Or is this global
> warming?
> 
> Few scientists are willing to blame global warming,
> the theory that carbon dioxide and other manmade
> emissions are trapping heat in the Earth's
> atmosphere and causing a worldwide rise in
> temperatures. Yet few are willing to rule it out.
> 
> "There are strange things happening, but we don't
> really understand how all the pieces fit together,"
> said Jane Lubchenco, a zoologist and climate change
> expert at Oregon State University. "It's hard to say
> whether any single event is just an anomaly or a
> real indication of something serious happening."
> 
> For the rest of the article: 
> 
>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050802/ap_on_sc/ocean_crisis
> 
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