Ethanol Responsible for This Year's Expected Record Dead Zone, Researcher Says

July 26, 2013

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(Sonoran News) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says this year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone will be the biggest ever. According to researchers, corn production in the Midwest is a large reason why.
As if South Louisiana anglers needed another reason to hate ethanol, they're going to get one this year. The Gulf of Mexico "dead zone," a swath of low-oxygen water that forms off the Louisiana coast every summer, is supposed to be a record size this year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
If NOAA's forecast is accurate, the zone will be triple the size of last year's, and will stretch from Alabama to South Texas. READ MORE and MORE (Times-Picayune)