Ocean Dead Zone off the Oregon Coast - Democratic Underground

leftyladyfrommo

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Mon Aug-07-06 03:37 PM
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Ocean Dead Zone off the Oregon Coast

Edited on Mon Aug-07-06 03:38 PM by leftyladyfrommo

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080706G.shtml

But this dead zone is different. It is not due to pollution of the water like the Gulf of Mexico.

It is due to strong wind currents that cause a disruption in the water and an upheaval in the nutrients - causing a zone where life cannot survive. This is the 5th year in row that it has appeared.

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