Dead Waters

Dead Waters mean that it triggers the hypoxic zone, as the oxygen starved region. Into the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River deposits water with plant nutrients and principally nitrate. It fertilizes the growth of floating algae. When the algae blooms it goes into natural life cycles and dies, and falls to the bottom of the water so the bacteria can feast. People tour Louisiana and Texas to look at amazing vistas. They usually go at the beginning of February. There is about 22,000 square kilometers of water they look at for about 3 weeks. Their goal is to discover new fish. On March 29, the Global Environmental Year Book made a discovery and sold 150 copies. They what in September got so low that the oxygen fell about 5 ppm,. It keep dying to about 1.5 ppm. In 1990's they found 68 dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mid-Atlantic Region.