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Mapping America’s Largest ‘Dead Zone’

Mapping America’s Largest ‘Dead Zone’
NYT Science Saturday 22 August 2026, 09:00 UTC By K. R. Callaway and Bryan Tarnowski 1 min read
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In a decades-long crisis, marine life has suffered as oxygen periodically dwindles in waters along the Gulf Coast.

In a decades-long crisis, marine life has suffered as oxygen periodically dwindles in waters along the Gulf Coast.
Mapping America’s Largest ‘Dead Zone’ (EVENT) the Gulf Coast (LOCATION)
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