Scientists are testing for 'hypoxia'- the lack of oxygen in water. It's caused by an overabundance of nutrients -- things like nitrates and phosphorous -- that flow out of the Mississippi River.
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Scientists said a virtual dead zone exists between 5 and 30 meters below the ocean surface and it's getting bigger because of this year's flooding in the mid-west coupled with increased corn production.
"If fish and other animals are mobile, they'll leave the area. But the things like clams and mussels and worms that can't leave the area, they'll die," Pride said.
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Scientists said a tropical storm or hurricane would decrease the dead zone because it would stir up ocean waters.So just to make sure I understand this...
The production of ethanol, which was ramped up to 'solve' the nation's fuel crisis, is not only causing global starvation because corn production that would have gone toward feeding the hungry is now going into fuel, but it's also causing a decrease in sea life, which is also a source of food, because it's causing runoff in the ocean.
But we can fix the dead zone problem if a hurricane goes through the Gulf of Mexico and stirs the pot. The increase in hurricanes is due to 'climate change', right? Does this mean that we need 'climate change' to repair the side effects of the fuel crisis?
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