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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.
«For the next decade, I predict a doubling in
the number of dead zones unless something is done,» he says.
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).
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.
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 20
dead zones from U.N. Environment Programme, «Further Rise in Number of Marine «Dead Zones»,» press release (Nairobi: 19 October 2
zones from U.N. Environment Programme, «Further Rise in
Number of Marine «
Dead Zones»,» press release (Nairobi: 19 October 20
Dead Zones»,» press release (Nairobi: 19 October 2
Zones»,» 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 intens
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 inten
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 intens
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 inten
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 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...