Hurricane Dolly may have shrunk Gulf 'dead zone'

Jul 29, 2008 By JANET McCONNAUGHEY , Associated Press Writer

(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.



Content from The Associated Press expires 15 days after original publication date. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org .

Explore further: Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air

add to favorites email to friend print save as pdf

Related Stories

Forecast predicts biggest Gulf dead zone ever

Jun 15, 2011

Scientists predict this year's "dead zone" of low-oxygen water in the northern Gulf of Mexico will be the largest in history - about the size of Lake Erie - because of more runoff from the flooded Mississippi River valley.

Scientists find changes to Gulf of Mexico dead zone

Aug 09, 2010

NOAA-supported scientists have found this year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be the fifth largest on record at 7,722 square miles - an area the size of New Jersey, near the upper limit of their projections, ...

Gulf's 'dead zone' much smaller than predicted (w/ Video)

Jul 25, 2009

NOAA-supported scientists, led by Nancy Rabalais, Ph.D., from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), found the size of this year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be smaller than forecasted, measuring 3,000 square ...

Recommended for you

Alaska volcano shoots ash 15,000 feet into the air

May 18, 2013

(AP)—One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes has shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air in an ongoing eruption that has drawn attention from a nearby community but isn't expected to threaten air traffic.

NASA sees Cyclone Mahasen hit Bangladesh

May 17, 2013

NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as TRMM measured Cyclone Mahasen's rainfall rates from space as it made landfall on May 16. Mahasen has since dissipated over eastern India.

Rapid climate change ruled out ice age trees

May 17, 2013

Short, sharp fluctuations in the Earth's climate throughout the last ice age may have stopped trees from getting a foothold in Europe and northern Asia, scientists say.

User comments : 4

Adjust slider to filter visible comments by rank

Display comments: newest first

agg
3 / 5 (3) Jul 29, 2008
The process causing the dead zone is also sequestering carbon in CO2.
DoctorKnowledge
3 / 5 (3) Jul 29, 2008
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?
jburchel
1 / 5 (1) Jul 29, 2008
Does not fit "the template", I can't believe it is up here. I guess a token to objectivity... Cute.
Excalibur
3 / 5 (2) Jul 30, 2008
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.

More news stories

Bold action, big money needed to curb Asia floods

Asia's flood-prone megacities should fund major drainage, water recycling and waste reduction projects to stem deluges and secure clean supply for their booming populations, experts said Sunday.

Heat-related deaths in Manhattan projected to rise

Residents of Manhattan will not just sweat harder from rising temperatures in the future, says a new study; many may die. Researchers say deaths linked to warming climate may rise some 20 percent by the 2020s, ...

Mice, gerbils perish in Russia space flight

A number of mice and eight gerbils sent into space in a Russian capsule destined to find out how well organisms can withstand extended flights perished during their journey, scientists said Sunday as the ...