Man-Made "Dead Zone" In Gulf of Mexico the Size of Connecticut

Originally published on http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/08/06/2247236/man-made-dead-zone-in-gulf-of-mexico-the-size-of-connecticut?utmsource=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utmmedium=feed Taco Cowboy writes Somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico there is a man-made "Dead Zone" the size of the State of Connecticut. Inside that "Dead Zone" the water contain no oxygen, or too little, to support normal marine life, especially the bottom dwelling fish and shrimps.