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Report: Chesapeake Bay’s Dead Zone Remains Near Average
The Chesapeake Bay’s hypoxia levels in 2024 remained near or below historical averages, according to data from the Maryland ...
The Chesapeake Bay's low-oxygen dead zone is predicted to only be slightly larger this summer in spite of heavy rainfall earlier this year.
The “dead zone” in the Chesapeake Bay is the smallest it has been since recording began in 1985, according to new data from Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Old Dominion Univer… ...
This summer’s oxygen-poor “dead zone” in the Chesapeake Bay was the smallest since scientists started monitoring it in 1985, according to estimates by researchers in Maryland and Virginia.
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With river flows from rainfall in the watershed at 20% less than the historical average during the spring season, the estuary’s summer dead zone is expected to be one of the smallest on recor… ...
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The Chesapeake Bay’s so-called “dead zones” – low-oxygen areas that can suffocate underwater life and shrink available habitat – are expected to be above average this year.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Researchers are predicting the 2023 Chesapeake Bay dead zone to be significantly smaller than the long-term average taken between 1985 and 2022, 33% less to be exact. The ...
This year’s dead zone in the Chesapeake Bay started earlier than normal and will be slightly larger than average after an unusually wet, warm spring, underscoring how climate change threatens ...
Researchers report the Chesapeake Bay’s "dead zone" will be much smaller than average. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 05:12:37 GMT (1750914757135) Story Infinite Scroll - News3 ...