Hypoxia and Medicine

Gulf Coast Dead Zone News

Oil spill response entering new phaseTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:56PM  PLAQUEMINES PARISH, La.-- When oil gushed out of the Macondo Well for months on end, Louisiana's coast became ground zero for efforts to keep the oil at bay. Even though no new oil has flowed from the well since mid-July, some local officials said residual oil remains in some coastal marshes. "How long is that going to last is anybody's guess," said Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser ...

Van Jones: The Gulf Will Be Beautiful AgainTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 5:16PMSometimes it is hard to imagine that the cycle of destruction and suffering will ever end. But viable solutions exist, and the Gulf's beauty will return -- stronger than ever.

Midstate firefighters switch gears to fight oil spillMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 9:20PMAlthough firefighters are called on to deal with everything from wildfires to hurricanes, the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf was a new experience for the many Middle Georgia firefighters who spent weeks or months helping clean up oil and recover wounded animals.

ANALYSIS: Mexican drug wars fester along US borderFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 8:12PMMexico City - The Mexican state of Tamaulipas, which bumps up against the US border along the Gulf coast, has become the epicentre of Mexico's drug and crime war.

New Report Warns Of Expanding Threat Of Hypoxia In U.S. Coastal WatersFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 10:45AMA report issued by key environmental and scientific federal agencies assesses the increasing prevalence of low-oxygen "dead zones" in U.S. coastal waters and outlines a series of research and policy steps that could help reverse the decades-long trend.