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New report warns of expanding threat of hypoxia in U.S. coastal waters: Declining oxygen levels in nation’s waters forming dead zones, destroying habitats

Posted by: Maven on September 4, 2010 at 8:36 am

From YubaNet.com:

“A report issued today by key environmental and scientific federal agencies assesses the increasing prevalence of low-oxygen “dead zones” in U.S. coastal waters and outlines a series of research and policy steps that could help reverse the decades-long trend.

The interagency report notes that incidents of hypoxia—a condition in which oxygen levels drop so low that fish and other animals are stressed or killed—have increased nearly 30-fold since 1960. Incidents of hypoxia were documented in nearly 50 percent of the 647 waterways assessed for the new report, including the Gulf of Mexico, home to one of the largest such zones in the world. … “

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September 4, 2010 · Filed Under Oceans & Beaches

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