Floodwaters to Increase Mexican Gulf Dead Zone

If you have visited Planet Save for any length of time you will no doubt have seen me talk about the increasing amount of ‘dead zones’ cropping up across our planets watery surface. In particular, the Gulf of Mexico is home to what is believed to be the largest dead zone in the world: an area larger than Rhode Island that is almost totally devoid of oxygen in the water. This particular dead zone has formed, in part, thanks to farm runoff that has made its way down the Mississippi River, all