Floodwaters Expected to Widen 'Dead Zone' in Gulf of Mexico. By Seth Borenstein, AP, June 22, 2008. "Floodwaters loaded with farm runoff are heading down the Mississippi River, and scientists fear the deluge will dramatically increase this summer's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, covering an area the size of Maryland. The dead zone is a region of the gulf that becomes starved for oxygen during much of the summer and cannot support fish or other sea life. There are hundreds of dead zones around the world that wreak havoc with marine ecology and cut off vast areas for commercial fishing. The zone in the gulf is the largest in the Western Hemisphere."
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