The Gulf of Mexico is fed by 33 major rivers that drain water from 31 states and two Canadian provinces. In 2021, the researchers collected water and particle samples from the Wax Lake Delta, a ...

As opposed to a constant flow from sources above and below ground, periods of heavy rain and runoff deliver the greatest amounts of fertilizer-derived nitrogen through creeks, rivers, and storm drains ...

Eugene Turner and Nancy Rabalais wrote in “2017 Forecast: Summer Hypoxic Zone Size, Northern Gulf of Mexico.” Even during a usual year, the dead zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico is the largest in ...