An update from Vox:

The biggest ever "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is the size of New Jersey

Which is the size of Four Million Football Fields:

Stretching from the coast of Louisiana at the Mississippi River Delta westward to the shores of Texas, the area of severe hypoxia — when the water is so depleted of oxygen that it can’t sustain fish and marine life — encompasses 8,776 square miles. That’s roughly the size of New Jersey (or more than 4 million football fields, if that’s any easier to grasp).

Of course the M$M has ignored this story, because . . .

These “biological deserts” are bad for fish and fish eaters alike. Hypoxia hurts the Gulf of Mexico’s commercial and recreational fishing industries, which are still recovering from recent hurricanes and oil spills. The Gulf produces more than 40 percent of the nation’s domestic seafood supply and, according to the EDF, generates billions of dollars a year in wages for the fishing and tourism industries across five states. An NOAA-funded study by Duke University found that hypoxia in the Gulf in particular drives up the prices of large shrimp, creating an economic ripple effect on seafood markets and consumers.

Well God Hates Shrimp: http://www.godhatesshrimp.com

So Evangelical Dominionism Protestants will have Trump's back:

The Environmental Protection Agency’s website describes nutrient pollution as “one of America's most widespread, costly and challenging environmental problems,” but Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget request would cut a $165 million grant program specifically meant to deal with the problem of non-point source nutrient pollution.

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/3/16089296/gulf-of-mexico-...

Another good update:

Ocean 'dead zones' have quadrupled because of climate change

Scientists found that ocean "oxygen minimum" zones have expanded by an area about the same size as the European Union since the 1950s and that pockets of water completely lacking in oxygen have more than quadrupled since then. Oxygen barren - or hypoxic - zones have grown by 10 times, as well; increasing from less than 50 to 500 along coasts.

Includes a helpful map of dead zones:

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/ocean-dead-zones-quadrupled-climat...

This wasn't even breaking news in 2013:

Our Planet Is Exploding With Ocean Dead Zones

http://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-worldwide-marine-dead-zones-2013-6

And I'll close with a Cool Quiz:

Deadly Quiz Zone!

Test your knowledge on the above material:

1. Dead zones are areas at the bottom of the ocean that have very low levels of ________________.

2. Areas where dead zones have occurred include all of the following EXCEPT:

a. Coast of Oregon
b. Chesapeake Bay
c. Gulf of Mexico
d. Lake Superior
e. Lake Erie

3. What is one factor that limits the growth of algae in the ocean?
(Hint – Rearrange the following letters: URSNNEITT)

4. The process by which excess nutrients in a system causes increased algal growth is:

a. Decomposition
b. Photosynthesis
c. Eutrophication
d. Hypoxia

5. All of the following are effects of dead zones EXCEPT:

a. Alters the food web
b. Beneficial to the fishing industry
c. Kills marine life
d. Decreases biodiversity
e. Hurts the economy

http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/dead-zones