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2010 DEAD ZONE – ONE OF THE LARGEST EVER 1 August 2010, from Cocodrie, Louisiana The area of hypoxia, or low oxygen, in the northern Gulf of Mexico west of the Mississippi River delta covered 20,000 square kilometers (
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Document Date: 2010-08-05 08:55:39


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BP / /

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Natural Disaster / Man-Made Disaster / /

Facility

Louisiana State University / /

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surface oil slick / satellite imagery west / thick oil / oil spill area / oil disaster / oil / oil sheen / /

NaturalFeature

Gulf of Mexico / Louisiana coast / Galveston Bay / Texas coast / Mississippi River / Atchafalaya River / Mississippi River delta / /

Organization

Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Time / Louisiana State University / Gulf of Mexico Nutrient Management Task Force / Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research For / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / /

Person

Nancy Rabalais / R. Eugene Turner / /

Position

Director of LUMCON and Chief Scientist / Executive Director / /

ProvinceOrState

Texas / New Jersey / Mississippi / Louisiana / /

Region

Gulf of Mexico / northern Gulf of Mexico / /

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