NOAA forecasts an average summer 'dead zone' in Gulf of America
phys.org
NOAA is forecasting this summer's Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico) "dead zone" to be average-sized, covering approximately 5,574 square miles—an area roughly three times the size of Delaware. The dead zone, or hypoxic zone, is an area of low oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life. It occurs every summer and is primarily a result of excess nutrient pollution from human activities in cities and farm areas throughout the Mississippi-Atchafalaya watershed.

I find the verbage of “average sized dead zone” to be an interesting gauge of how normalized environmental destruction is becoming. As if a massive section of hypoxic oceaniss to be expected.

  • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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    1 month ago

    I’m just being irritable. Every time I see that stupid name change it irritate angers me, and I feel obligated to correct it.

    It’s not you; it’s my pet peeve.

    And, technically, every country is allowed to use their own names for anything, so the US can change what the US calls it. We could call Israel “Genociderland” if we wanted to, and news outlets would have to use it. I just object to the change.