The task force set a goal to cap the hypoxic zone size in the Gulf of Mexico to 1,900 square miles by 2015. However, the dead zone in 2017 exceeded that goal by four times— 8,776 square miles .

Climate change and dead zones Scientists are now worried that warming waters in the Gulf of Mexico could increase rates of hypoxia. “That is a long-term concern,” says Scheurer.

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Drought relief across Mexico is the welcome benefit from above-average rainfall in several regions in the first half of June.

Climate change-related flooding poses growing systemic threats to the British residential property market, insurance sector and mortgage lending system, academics have warned.

Hurricane Erick slammed into Mexico’s Oaxaca state as a dangerous Category 3 storm Thursday morning, unleashing powerful winds at the coast and heavy rains that have caused deadly flooding in the ...

New research reveals the amount of carbon dioxide released by trees into the atmosphere under a warming climate could be considerably less than currently predicted.