While all methodologies project an increase in the volume of hypoxic water in the Chesapeake Bay due to climate change, prior ...

A study led by scientists at William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS has demonstrated surprising variability in the results of ...

consuming enough oxygen in the process to render the water hypoxic. Even underwater, oxygen is essential for life and so hypoxic bottom water regions are often referred to as "dead zones." ...

consuming enough oxygen in the process to render the water hypoxic. Even underwater, oxygen is essential for life and so hypoxic bottom water regions are often referred to as "dead zones." ...

Jutras, M., Mucci, A., Chaillou, G., Nesbitt, W.A., Wallace, D.W.R. (2022). Temporal and spatial evolution of bottom-water hypoxia in the Estuary and Gulf of St ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Old Dominion University have reported smaller-than-average levels of hypoxia—waters with oxygen levels below 2 mg/L—in Maryland and Virginia’s ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm about growing dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico and beyond. Dead zones are areas of water with hypoxia, or dangerously low levels of oxygen. Dead zones are caused by ...