Dead zones are a global water pollution challenge – but with sustained effort they can come back to life
- Written by Donald Scavia, Professor Emeritus of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
Blooms of algae, like this growth in 2015 in Lake St. Clair between Michigan and Ontario, promote the formation of dead zones.NASA Earth Observatory, CC BYScientists have identified a dead zone as large as Florida in the Gulf of Oman, which connects the Arabian Sea to the Persian Gulf. Around the world there are more than 400 current dead zones in...