Dead Zone (IMAGE)

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Dead Zone

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Last year, the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the globe's most productive fisheries, was about the size of Connecticut. It results, primarily from the runoff of excess nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen from agriculture.

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