(AP) -- The oxygen-starved "dead zone" that forms every summer in the Gulf of Mexico is a bit smaller than predicted this year because Hurricane Dolly stirred up the water, a scientist reported Monday.
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Is there any biologist or oceanographer who would answer a speculative question? If Dolly can "stir up" the dead zone, what are the prospects of doing this artificially? Say, by floating machines using wind/sun/ocean waves as an energy source?Floating, wave-powered pumps, designed for this very purpose, are now undergoing proof-of-concept testing.
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