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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Photo: "Dead Zone" off Oregon Coast Is Growing, Study Says


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Taking measurements of the ocean's oxygen levels is helping scientists understand the occurrence of the "dead zone" off the Oregon coast.

This year the oxygen-poor zone, which suffocates marine life, stretches for the first time into Washington State waters.

Photograph courtesy Oregon State University