Factoid/2010/09/14
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Alarming Increase in Low Oxygen Dead Zones in Coastal Waters
- "The incidence of hypoxia [low dissolved oxygen levels] has increased ten-fold globally in the past 50 years and almost thirty-fold in the United States since 1960, with more than 300 systems recently experiencing hypoxia..." - excerpt from the multi-government-agency report entitled Scientific Assessment of Hypoxia in U.S. Coastal Waters. Read the report.
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