For toxic algal blooms, website gives real-time forecasts of them along Gulf of Mexico, Florida coasts. August 14, 2021 More than ...

The Gulf of Mexico hypoxic (dead) zone in 2021, which measured 6,334 square miles (16,400 square kilometers). Lower values represent less dissolved oxygen in the water.

Dust From Africa Leads To Large Toxic Algae Blooms In Gulf Of Mexico, Study Finds. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2001 / 08 / 010829082907.htm.

In June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration projected a Massachusetts-sized dead zone would alight upon the Gulf of Mexico, driven by a vast algae bloom fed by fertilizer runoff ...

The Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone is a product of nutrient-rich water flowing from the Mississippi River watershed, which reaches up into Canada and drains water from 32 states.

Nearly 6,000 square miles in the Gulf of Mexico are expected to be severely lacking in oxygen, ... algal blooms develop, the food chain is altered, and dissolved oxygen in the area is depleted ...

The Gulf of Mexico received "red tide" alerts from NOAA and regional Fish and Wildlife offices earlier this month. ... Algal blooms typically form in late summer and fall, ...

Just off the coast of Louisiana, where the Mississippi River lets out into the Gulf of Mexico, an enormous algae bloom, fueled by fertilizer from Midwestern farm fields and urban sewage, creates ...

Each summer, a large part of the Gulf of Mexico "dies". This year, ... creating huge "algal blooms." The algae then die and sink to the bottom, where they decompose.

Scientists don’t know what caused the bloom that at one time covered one-third of the 36,000-square-mile Gulf of Maine. Possible triggers include low winds, a mild winter and rapidly warming sea ...

An unusually large algae bloom in the Gulf of Maine has researchers trying to understand its cause and possible effects. At its peak, the algae bloom extended from Penobscot Bay to Martha's ...