Did you know there's a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico? No, we're not talking about the 1983 sci-fi horror film, or the early 2000s sci-fi TV series. This one is very much real.

There’s a massive area in the Gulf of Mexico that’s so low in oxygen, aquatic life can’t survive there. Many say it’s mainly from excessive fertilizer that runs off from Midwestern farms.

An area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico that forms every summer is roughly the size of New Jersey this year, researchers at LSU found.

A 'dead zone' about the size of New Jersey lurks in the Gulf of Mexico A dead zone occurs at the bottom of a body of water when there isn't enough oxygen in the water to support marine life.

Scientists from Louisiana State University found a massive dead zone in the Mississippi Sound while conducting their annual survey in the Gulf of Mexico. The dead zone stretches from the ...

The Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone" is the 12th largest on record this year, according to a Thursday report from NOAA-supported scientists. It's roughly 6,705 square miles this year, larger than ...

The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which president Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, predicts the section of water where oxygen is unnaturally low will be ...

Scientists recently discovered a dead zone in the Missisisppi Sound. We explain how big it is, how it got there and what is being done about it.

A satellite image of the Northern Gulf of Mexico, where 'dead zones' can reach the size of New Jersey. Photo Credit: NASA Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive, have ...

Scientists have announced that the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone"—where there is so little oxygen that the ocean becomes unsurvivable—is now the size of New Jersey.

The annual forecast for the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, predicts the section of water where oxygen is unnaturally low will be ...