Oceanic Dead Zones Rapid Increase
Posted in Environment
Aug. 17, 2008 at 15:56
by BrendaBee
In 1978 my daughter had a project for the state Science Fair about the polluting of the worlds waters. As I read this article I saw little difference between it's message and the one my 14 year old daughter gave in her report and display. There were only two differences: 1) now it is politically correct to put some of the blame on the burning of fossil fuels. and 2) things a whole lot worse.It is a really good and informative article so well worth your time to read. It not only explains what and where the "dead zones" are, but goes into what causes them and some possible solutions. Solutions we had better find and implement soon. BB
I have read science fiction stories about the Earth, or Mother Nature, rebelling and finally expelling this monster man. I await the day. BB
Headline: Oceanic Dead Zones Continue to Spread
Fertilizer runoff and fossil-fuel use lead to massive areas in the ocean with scant or no oxygen, killing large swaths of sea life and causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage
By David Biello August 15, 2008 Scientific American
"More bad news for the world's oceans: Dead zones—areas of bottom waters too oxygen depleted to support most ocean life—are spreading, dotting nearly the entire east and south coasts of the U.S. as well as several west coast river outlets.
According to a new study in Science, the rest of the world fares no better (there are now 405 identified dead zones worldwide, up from 49 in the 1960s) and the world's largest dead zone remains the Baltic Sea, whose bottom waters now lack oxygen year-round."
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