Sentences with phrase «of dead zones in»

And while the general narrative has stayed the same — large nutrient inputs derived from fertilizer and pesticide run - off turn once vibrant ecosystems into barren, lifeless deserts — some new science suggests climate change will play a role in exacerbating an already dire situation, expanding the volume of dead zones in tropical oceans by up to 50 percent over the coming century.

Sewage causes the majority of dead zones in Africa and South America.

The low - oxygen waters of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico result in smaller shrimp, and a spike in large shrimp prices.

An extremely faithful adaptation of King's 1983 novel, Mary Lambert's Pet Sematary shares something of the spirit of The Dead Zone in that its soulful, straight - faced delivery of some ridiculous material pays off with a genuine sense of horror and sadness.

Every year the topic of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico seems to pop up on TreeHugger — most recently in a report which links expanded corn production to the increasing size of the zone.

Looking at water data for the past 60 years, scientists have determined that «the size of the dead zone in mid to late summer has decreased steadily since the late 1980s and that the duration... is closely linked each year to the amount of nutrients entering the bay.»

Not exact matches

Most of the time dead zones or lulls in our sales occur because of inactivity.

Eero routers «talk» to one another to create a mesh network, blanketing your entire place in consistent, fast Wi - Fi instead of having dead zones and hot spots.

Ten years ago, you could drop a call while driving through certain parts of town in places that were called Dead Zones.

Of course in rural areas cell reception can still be spotty, but in most major cities, Dead Zones are a thing of the pasOf course in rural areas cell reception can still be spotty, but in most major cities, Dead Zones are a thing of the pasof the past.

In the Dead Zone of a corporate office, the maxim «there is an app for that» is no longer true.

The Gulf of Oman plays host to the largest and thickest «dead zone» in the world, but scientists have struggled to study it intensively due to piracy and geopolitical tensions in the region.

We continue to pour on the nitrogen, even as scientists report the existence of 50 «dead zones» where nitrogen has flowed from fields to water, and resulted in an excess of plant growth, a depletion of oxygen and the extinction of life.

And if they are both polite, only allow Faith to speak to Faith if you are the only one with Verizon, but they are both in one of those AT&T dead zones.

«Walt Disney's evil twin,» John Leonard called King, and sure enough the psychic powers that Johnny Smith acquires in The Dead Zone carry him to a moment «as American as The Wonderful World of Disney... the politician and the man in the high place with a gun.»

o Organic research in Canada involves the producers and the researchers o Organic evidence at the Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry o The State of the Canadian Agriculture and Agri - Food Sector o Crop rotation and cover crops would help preventing the creation of the Gulf of Mexico «dead zone»

Climate change, smog, acid rain, dead zones and the ozone hole are real issues affecting the planet, and nitrogen pollution plays a key role in each of them.

Comparing online relegation odds, Fernando Vazquez» side looked dead and buried a few weeks ago, turning to their third manager of the season and having recently entered administration but four wins in a row propelled them from bottom to outside the relegation zone.

I will wager that as he contemplates that choice in the dead of night, he will long for the simple days when he campaigned for a nuclear - free zone in the Middle East, with no action, decision or deadline ever to trouble him.

For the extraordinarily open nature of this now three - horse race is that it has brought to life the dead electoral zones that usually cover the UK in political catalepsy.

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.

In a seven - county region of Central New York, 407 wireless dead zones were reported, led by 118 in rural Oswego CountIn a seven - county region of Central New York, 407 wireless dead zones were reported, led by 118 in rural Oswego Countin rural Oswego County.

Yet in waters from the Sea of Japan (aka East Sea) to the Black Sea, jellies today are thriving as many of their marine vertebrate and invertebrate competitors are eliminated by overfishing, dead zones and other human impacts.

«A lot of that is associated with oxygen minimum zones, hypoxia in the ocean, dead zones.

In and around lakes and streams, this influx in nitrates can lead to plant growth out of whack with the local ecosystem's ability to handle it, resulting in oxygen - free «dead zones» devoid of marine and riparian life altogetheIn and around lakes and streams, this influx in nitrates can lead to plant growth out of whack with the local ecosystem's ability to handle it, resulting in oxygen - free «dead zones» devoid of marine and riparian life altogethein nitrates can lead to plant growth out of whack with the local ecosystem's ability to handle it, resulting in oxygen - free «dead zones» devoid of marine and riparian life altogethein oxygen - free «dead zones» devoid of marine and riparian life altogether.

Scientists predict a bigger than average dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico this year.

Plan to shrink Gulf dead zone Environmental Protection Agency background on dead zones Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico

«Similar to the «dead zone» nowadays spreading in the Gulf of Mexico, the soil crisis could have caused a worldwide expanse of uninhabitable low - oxygen conditions in shallow waters,» explains team member Henk Visscher of Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

Experts say such cuts could shrink the so - called dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, which becomes inhospitable to wildlife almost every summer.

For years scientists have known that nitrogen and phosphorus, which commonly enter freshwater lakes in chemical fertilizers, play a role in eutrophication — the process by which algal blooms, turbidity, and oxygen deficiencies turn a lake into a dead zone, largely devoid of animal life.

Jellyfish are among the only living things to thrive in the oxygen - starved waters of expanding dead zones.

Kerry further outlined the impacts of pollution from farm runoff, which causes algae blooms and dead zones in the oceans, the massive buildup of plastic waste, and illegal fishing.

The plankton that feed on the dust's minerals can bloom significantly, providing food for other ocean creatures, but an overgrown bloom can consume much of the dissolved oxygen in an area and create an anoxic dead zone.

Eventually, the fertilizing effects of these nutrients in surface waters can fuel the growth of algae that ultimately suck most of the oxygen out of large patches of coastal waters, creating what are colloquially termed dead zones (see Limiting Dead Zondead zones (see Limiting Dead Zozones (see Limiting Dead ZonDead ZonesZones).

The sponge eluded scientists for 20 years because it lives in what researchers refer to as «the dead zone,» a relatively unpopulated depth of the Caribbean.

The increase in dead zones is attributed to excess inputs of nitrogen from fertilizers, sewage, and other human sources.

A new study led by researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science reveals that land use in the watersheds from which this «dissolved organic matter» originates has important implications for Bay water quality, with the organic carbon in runoff from urbanized or heavily farmed landscapes more likely to persist as it is carried downstream, thus contributing energy to fuel low - oxygen «dead zones» in coastal waters.

NOAA's National Ocean Service has been funding monitoring and research for the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico since 1985 and currently oversees the NGOMEX program, the hypoxia research effort for the northern Gulf which is authorized by the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act.

The average size of the dead zone over the past five years has been 5,176 square miles, more than twice the 1,900 square mile goal set by the Gulf of Mexico / Mississippi River Watershed Nutrient Task Force in 2001 and reaffirmed in 2008.

The researchers undertook the study in light of concerns about decreasing levels of oxygen in coastal waters worldwide, and how the growing prevalence of low - oxygen «dead zones» might affect populations and management of blue crabs and other coastal marine life.

Nitrogen - rich fertiliser runoff is the primary cause of oxygen depletion in oceans, lakes and rivers, leading to aquatic «dead zones.»

The project is of particular interest to Olson's group because of growing concern about polluted runoff creating oxygen - poor dead zones in the Great Lakes.

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

The researchers and clinicians working on DSM - V had several ambitious goals, including using new findings from neuroscience and genetics to shape diagnoses, minimizing vast diagnostic dead zones of abnormal behavior that fall in the cracks of current criteria, and introducing the idea of «dimensions» to reflect varying degrees of symptom severity and the overlap among disorders.

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey, the Illinois - Indiana Sea Grant and partners recently found that dead zones caused by hypoxia, the depletion of oxygen in water, are unexpectedly variable in Lake Erie, sometimes disappearing and reemerging elsewhere in the matter of hours.

The lower oxygen levels can result in fish deaths, a loss of biodiversity in the waters, and dead zones.

Massive releases of methane from arctic seafloors could create oxygen - poor dead zones, acidify the seas and disrupt ecosystems in broad parts of the northern oceans, new preliminary analyses suggest.

Last year's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico was the fourth smallest on record due to drought conditions, covering an area of approximately 2,889 square miles, an area slightly larger than the state of Delaware.

The Chesapeake dead zones, which have been highly variable in recent years, threaten a multi-year effort to restore the Bay's water quality and enhance its production of crabs, oysters, and other important fisheries.

The anoxic portion of the Chesapeake Bay dead zone is expected to be 0.27 cubic miles in the early summer, growing to 0.28 cubic miles in the late summer.