Big, Colliding Problems in Gulf and Elsewhere Need Science-Based Solutions Now
Thomas Millot/Unsplash Hurricane Laura, one of the most intense hurricanes to hit the Gulf in over a century made landfall along the Texas-Louisiana border early this morning. It is being described as a historic storm because a category four hurricane of this strength has never made landfall in this part of the Gulf Coast. Until […]
Pollution, Hurricanes, and the Pandemic Spell Trouble for Gulf Shrimp and Seafood Industries
Southern Foodways Alliance/Flickr Today researchers announced the size of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, the official measurement NOAA uses to track its size year over year. This report comes on the heels of bad news from another NOAA report indicating that the volume of Gulf shrimp landings in June 2020 was the lowest ever recorded. This […]
Reviving the Gulf Dead Zone Is Worth it: Our New Report Shows the Benefits of Action
Billy Metcalf Photography/Flickr Earlier this month, NOAA forecast that this summer in the Gulf of Mexico an area the size of Delaware and Connecticut combined would have so little oxygen that marine life flees from it or dies in it. In 2017, this “dead zone” was the size of New Jersey, the largest one ever […]
