The Chesapeake Bay’s 2023 dead zone was the smallest recorded since monitoring began in 1985. Data was released by the Chesapeake Bay Program’s monitoring partners: The Maryland Department of Natural ...

When the Conowingo Dam opened to fanfare nearly a century ago, the massive wall of concrete and steel began its job of harnessing water power in northern Maryland. It also quietly provided a side ...

The Gulf “dead zone” off Louisiana’s coast was nearly the size of Connecticut this summer, researchers reported Thursday — even as the Trump administration proposes cuts to some federal funding ...

In spite of above-average rainfall this spring, the Chesapeake Bay’s low-oxygen “dead zone” is predicted to be slightly larger than average this year. Though this year’s increased rainfall led to ...

The Gulf of America’s “dead zone” has shrunk significantly this summer, with scientists measuring a hypoxic area of just over 4,400 square miles — roughly a third smaller than last year and far less ...

The Gulf of Mexico's hypoxic "dead zone" at the end of the Mississippi River is seen by satellite south of Louisiana in 2017. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Buy Photo NEW ORLEANS -- ...

is your neighborhood reporter San Patricio and Aransas County. CORPUS CHRISTI, TX — Human activity and environmental changes have long been impacting Coastal Bend waters. But studies at the Harte ...

An update of Louisiana's strategy to help reduce the low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is being criticized as inadequate because of its reliance on a proposed project now in doubt and for ...

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 ...

“Dedicated efforts and investments by EPA, Connecticut, New York and local governments have drastically reduced the amount of ...