Comments on: Private: Gulf dead zone big as New Jersey in 2007 http://earthsky.org/water/gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone-in-07-third-largest-ever A Clear Voice for Science Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:23:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: qaiser mehmood http://earthsky.org/water/gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone-in-07-third-largest-ever/comment-page-1#comment-3425 qaiser mehmood Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:53:06 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=3511#comment-3425 <p>life is multi color death is one color. death color is teach you.<br /> save your color,live for ohter.becouse .other is you.</p> huminty love life is multi color death is one color. death color is teach you.
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]]> By: William E. Marks http://earthsky.org/water/gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone-in-07-third-largest-ever/comment-page-1#comment-3034 William E. Marks Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:19:01 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=3511#comment-3034 <p>Hypoxic, or “dead zones”, are created mostly by the chemical runoff from agriculture (ferilizers, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides) and other areas of intense chemical deposition (i.e.: golf courses; slaughter houses; cattle and hog feedlots, etc.), storm water runoff, and certain industries. Such chemical loads create these so-called “dead zones” by completly depleting the oxygen in the water from the surface to the bottom. These dead zones are the direct result of human mismanagement of chemicals and land usage. Global warming has little to do with these dead zones – however, the heating up of our oceans may further exacerbate the problem in the future. Yes, the overfishing of our oceans by the Japanese, Chinese, and other countries with short-sighted and greedy commercial interets, represents a threat to maintaining renewable and sustaninable sources of protein in our oceans. For more guidance and information of this subject I recommend you visit www.oceana.org – they are doing wonderful work in trying to preserve our ocean fisheries. Respectfully, William E. Marks (Water Voices from Around The World)</p> Hypoxic, or “dead zones”, are created mostly by the chemical runoff from agriculture (ferilizers, pesticides, herbicides, fungicides) and other areas of intense chemical deposition (i.e.: golf courses; slaughter houses; cattle and hog feedlots, etc.), storm water runoff, and certain industries. Such chemical loads create these so-called “dead zones” by completly depleting the oxygen in the water from the surface to the bottom.
These dead zones are the direct result of human mismanagement of chemicals and land usage. Global warming has little to do with these dead zones – however, the heating up of our oceans may further exacerbate the problem in the future.
Yes, the overfishing of our oceans by the Japanese, Chinese, and other countries with short-sighted and greedy commercial interets, represents a threat to maintaining renewable and sustaninable sources of protein in our oceans. For more guidance and information of this subject I recommend you visit http://www.oceana.org – they are doing wonderful work in trying to preserve our ocean fisheries.
Respectfully, William E. Marks (Water Voices from Around The World)

]]> By: Kim http://earthsky.org/water/gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone-in-07-third-largest-ever/comment-page-1#comment-2897 Kim Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:04:27 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=3511#comment-2897 <p>Don’t worry- if the dead zones don’t kill off most sea life, the Japanese and Chinese fishing vessels will.</p> Don’t worry- if the dead zones don’t kill off most sea life, the Japanese and Chinese fishing vessels will.

]]> By: KraftiK http://earthsky.org/water/gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone-in-07-third-largest-ever/comment-page-1#comment-2847 KraftiK Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:48:47 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=3511#comment-2847 <p>Does global warming have any effect on these hypoxic zones?</p> Does global warming have any effect on these hypoxic zones?

]]> By: William E. Marks http://earthsky.org/water/gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone-in-07-third-largest-ever/comment-page-1#comment-2846 William E. Marks Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:14:15 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=3511#comment-2846 <p>Besides the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, there are about 150 similar dead (hypoxic) zones in other areas of our water world. And, most of them are growing in size and duration. In my opinion – this is a far greater and more immediate threat to our survival than the global warming issue. Even the smallest effort to conserve or not pollute water will bring an immediate positive response from our water world, and help water to restore and bring forth life in abundance. Blessings, William E. Marks ( http://www.watervoices.com )</p> Besides the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, there are about 150 similar dead (hypoxic) zones in other areas of our water world. And, most of them are growing in size and duration.
In my opinion – this is a far greater and more immediate threat to our survival than the global warming issue.
Even the smallest effort to conserve or not pollute water will bring an immediate positive response from our water world, and help water to restore and bring forth life in abundance.
Blessings, William E. Marks ( http://www.watervoices.com )

]]> By: KraftiK http://earthsky.org/water/gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone-in-07-third-largest-ever/comment-page-1#comment-2841 KraftiK Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:32:08 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=3511#comment-2841 <p>I think it’s just getting larger and larger. Does is happen cuz on nitrogen runoff?</p> I think it’s just getting larger and larger. Does is happen cuz on nitrogen runoff?

]]> By: sglasson http://earthsky.org/water/gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone-in-07-third-largest-ever/comment-page-1#comment-2839 sglasson Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:20:39 +0000 http://208.96.63.114/?p=3511#comment-2839 <p>When was the dead zone reported the largest? I wonder what the changes look like for the last 5 years or so and if there’s a pattern.</p> When was the dead zone reported the largest? I wonder what the changes look like for the last 5 years or so and if there’s a pattern.

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