Hypoxic zone size affected by low river flow and nutrient loading
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 13, 2016. Scientists expect that this year’s mid-summer Chesapeake Bay hypoxic low-oxygen zone or “dead zone” – an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and aquatic life – will be approximately 1.58 cubic miles, about the volume of 2.3 million Olympic-size swimming pools. This is close to the long-term average as measured since 1950.
The anoxic portion of…
