dead zone

satellite photo of the continental United States with the rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri watershed highlighted; all the rivers eventually drain into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana

NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

July 31, 2025

What Do Trump’s Attacks on NOAA Have to Do with the Gulf Dead Zone?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

A scientist collects samples on board a research vessel as part of a research project to investigate falling oxygen levels in the Baltic Sea.

Morris MacMatzen/Getty Images

July 25, 2024

Scientists Keep Measuring the Dead Zone. Let’s Fix the Fertilizer that Feeds It

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

farm runoff

Lynn Betts/USDA NRCS

December 12, 2023

Ask a Scientist: Fighting Big Ag Pollution with Maps and Math

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

August 19, 2021

Louisiana Policymakers: To Solve the Dead Zone, Climate Change, and COVID-19, Embrace Equitable, Science-Based Policies Now

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Crop field with runoff

February 25, 2021

To Save Its Soil and Clean Up Its Water, Iowa Needs to Act Fast(er)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Heart-shaped chicken nuggets on a tray of fast food

February 12, 2021

Tyson Foods Wants to Be Our Valentine. Thanks, But No Thanks.

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Satellite view of Gulf of Mexico

Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

September 11, 2020

Ask an Expert: Reviving the Gulf of Mexico’s Dead Zone

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

Thomas Millot/Unsplash

August 28, 2020

Big, Colliding Problems in Gulf and Elsewhere Need Science-Based Solutions Now

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Southern Foodways Alliance/Flickr

August 4, 2020

Pollution, Hurricanes, and the Pandemic Spell Trouble for Gulf Shrimp and Seafood Industries

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Billy Metcalf Photography/Flickr

June 29, 2020

Reviving the Gulf Dead Zone Is Worth it: Our New Report Shows the Benefits of Action

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock

October 11, 2019

As Presidential Candidates Prepare for Ohio Debate, Farmers Need a New Vision

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Photo: Tim McCable, USDA/CC BY 2.0 (Flickr)

June 21, 2018

What Our 50-State Scorecard Says About Farming and Water Pollution (and What the Farm Bill Should Do About It)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

August 3, 2017

Dead Zone 2017: Even Worse than Predicted (and That's an Understatement)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Photo courtesy National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

June 14, 2017

This Summer’s Gulf “Dead Zone” Could Be Bigger Than Connecticut—and Trump’s Budget Cuts Would Make It Worse

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Photo: Iowa State University/Lisa Schulte Moore

August 19, 2016

How US Farm Subsidies Make Taxpayers Pay Twice (And How We Could Change That)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

August 1, 2016

Good News and Bad News on This Year's Dead Zone Measurement

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

Map of the US highlighting the hypoxic "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico and the watershed that feeds it. Photo: NOAA

June 10, 2016

There’s Nothing Average About This Year’s Dead Zone Forecast

Andrea Basche
Former contributor

July 2, 2015

What Do Algae, Corn, and Summer Vacation Have in Common?

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor