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WWNO8d
Size of 'dead zone' in the Gulf expected to be about average this year. Funding woes for research and action could be much bigger.
The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which president Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, ...
The Beaumont Enterprise on MSN3d
About Sargassum Shrimp -- Elusive hitchhikers in Gulf seaweed
This week’s beachcombing survey brought in a fresh batch of Sargassum washed ashore — and with it, some of the ocean’s most ...
The Washington Post5mon
The Gulf of Mexico’s long history of colonization and varying names
Colonizers have always coveted the Gulf of Mexico: its trade winds ... trade routes for the Mayan and Aztec empires, a source of food and salt, which was valuable in trade. It was named for ...
Sun Sentinel4mon
‘Gulf of Mexico’ name change may be more complicated than just updating a map
TALLAHASSEE — After President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf ... and lead by example An Omaha food plant owner says he followed the ...
Boston College4mon
Tracing nitrogen pollution in the Gulf
As opposed to a constant flow from sources above and below ground, periods of heavy rain and runoff deliver the greatest amounts of fertilizer-derived nitrogen through creeks, rivers, and storm drains ...