Sentences with phrase «number of dead zone»

The single largest number of dead zone reports came from the Hudson Valley (970) led by 597 dead zones in Sullivan County, according to the non-scientific study.

We already have a number of dead zones and fish dependent animals dying off at an alarming rate (whales, sharks, polar bears to name a few).

«For the next decade, I predict a doubling in the number of dead zones unless something is done,» he says.

«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.

Not exact matches

The public is still laying the points with Pittsburgh at a 71 % clip, but not enough to push this number back out of the dead zone.

«However, combined effects of nutrient loading and climate change are greatly increasing the number and size of «dead zones» in the open ocean and coastal waters, where oxygen is too low to support most marine life.»

In the Long Nguyen Secret Zone of Vietnam, a renowned battalion of the First Infantry Division is marching into a devastating ambush that will leave sixty - one soldiers dead and an equal number wounded.

More recently, Moriken founded the circle M's Cafe and has published a number of doujin action / adventure games starring heroines from old Sunsoft games — Lucia stars in Ma ○ oolaEX, while other games parodied include Dead Zone, Ripple Island, and Marchen Veil.

The number of marine dead zones has doubled every 10 years since the 1960s, which corresponds nicely with the increase of these industrialized farming technologies.

While 75 % of all Americans consider themselves to be environmentalists, few of them are aware that the number 1 contributor to global climate change, deforestation, diminishing natural resources, ocean dead zones, and contaminated groundwater, rivers and streams, is animal agriculture.

UNEP, «Further Rise in Number of Marine «Dead Zones»,» press release (Beijing and Nairobi: 19 October 2006); UNEP, GEO Yearbook 2003 (Nairobi: 2004), p. 58.

Sunita Narain, «The Flush Toilet is Ecologically Mindless,» Down to Earth, 28 February 2002, pp. 28 — 32; dead zones from U.N. Environment Programme, «Further Rise in Number of Marine «Dead Zones»,» press release (Nairobi: 19 October 20dead zones from U.N. Environment Programme, «Further Rise in Number of Marine «Dead Zones»,» press release (Nairobi: 19 October 2zones from U.N. Environment Programme, «Further Rise in Number of Marine «Dead Zones»,» press release (Nairobi: 19 October 20Dead Zones»,» press release (Nairobi: 19 October 2Zones»,» press release (Nairobi: 19 October 2006).

This has a variety of unwholesome consequences, most importantly the increasing number of coastal «dead zones» caused by algal blooms feeding on fertiliser - rich run - off waters.

We've written about the subject of ocean dead zones on a number of occasions — basically that they're expanding because of human activity, fertilizer run - off, other factors — but new research indicates that we may be writing about them even more.

Dead Zones Have Doubled Every 10 Years Since 1960s According to the study, the number of marine dead zones — areas which are periodically or permanently starved of oxygen — has doubled every 10 years since the 1960s, with those along coastlines increasing in size and intensDead Zones Have Doubled Every 10 Years Since 1960s According to the study, the number of marine dead zones — areas which are periodically or permanently starved of oxygen — has doubled every 10 years since the 1960s, with those along coastlines increasing in size and intenZones Have Doubled Every 10 Years Since 1960s According to the study, the number of marine dead zones — areas which are periodically or permanently starved of oxygen — has doubled every 10 years since the 1960s, with those along coastlines increasing in size and intensdead zones — areas which are periodically or permanently starved of oxygen — has doubled every 10 years since the 1960s, with those along coastlines increasing in size and intenzones — areas which are periodically or permanently starved of oxygen — has doubled every 10 years since the 1960s, with those along coastlines increasing in size and intensity.

Scientists say that climate change is likely to markedly increase the number of ocean dead zones around the world.

Marine dead zones spread exponentially, doubling every decade since 1960 Marine «dead zones» double every decade Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com August 14, 2008 The number of marine dead zones have doubled...