Sentences with phrase «map of dead zones»
The NASA map of dead zones, as they are commonly called, is impressive in its scope and ability to make one both furious and fetal - position sad at the same time.
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If it does reach those levels it will be the largest since mapping of the Gulf «dead zone» began in 1985.
Of the 12 maps available at launch, many are built around single dead zones situated before an objective point.
This summer's hypoxic zone («dead zone») is one of the largest measured since the team of researchers from Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and Louisiana State University began routine mapping in 1985.
But, as this map illustrates, everyone in the eastern and southeastern United States lives close to a dead zone of some size.
Below is a map showing the location of major oceanic dead zones around the world:
Now, there's an even better tool — an interactive map from World Resources Institute.The World Resources Institute has announced that new research from WRI and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) identifies over 530 dead zones and an additional 228 sites worldwide exhibiting signs of marine «eutrophication» — or over-fertilized areas due to agricultural run - off.
«The number of dead zones currently on our map of the world is 10 times higher in temperate areas than it is in the tropics, but many marine biologists work out of universities in Europe and North America and are more likely to find dead zones close to home,» the STRI scientist said in a statement.