Dead Zones

Dead Zones



Changes need to be made and they need to be made now. Dead Zones are going to start spreading all over the world and we are not going to do anything until it’s too late. There’s so much going on in our world today and I feel as though people aren’t putting the environment first.



The problem is that there's just too much nitrogen and phosphorus right now, too much phytoplankton falling to the bottom and decomposed by bacteria that use up the oxygen. The way to know you're in a dead zone is to put a net over the side and drag for 20 minutes and come up empty, then you know you're in the dead zone. As scientists go down further and further there's less and less fish.

Changes need to be made and they need to be made now. Dead Zones are going to start spreading all over the world and we are not going to do anything until it’s too late. There’s so much going on in our world today and I feel as though people aren’t putting the environment first.


Works Cited

Environmentalists call on EPA to force states to limit fertilizer runoff into waterways. St. Louis Public Radio, 26 Nov. 2016, news.stlpublicradio.org/health-science-environment/2016-11-26/environmentalists-call-on-epa-to-force-states-to-limit-fertilizer-runoff-into-waterways. Accessed 7 Jan. 2021.

Dead zone. National Geographic, 21 Jan. 2011, www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/dead-zone/. Accessed 7 Jan. 2021.

"The 'dead zone' of the Gulf of Mexico." ted talks, uploaded by Nancy Rabalais, www.ted.com/talks/nancy_rabalais_the_dead_zone_of_the_gulf_of_mexico/transcript. Accessed 7 Jan. 2021.

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2021 at 9:21 PM

    Your blog was very informational and showed me how the environment really is going in a bad direction.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2021 at 9:19 AM

    This was very interesting to read. This is not one of the environmental issues that I know very much about but your article makes me want to learn more. Is the lack of oxygen in these areas causing marine life to re-locate or to actually die? What is causing the over-abundance of nitrogen and phosphorus? What are some ways we can reduce it? Thank you for sparking my curiosity.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2021 at 1:04 PM

      yes the lack of oxygen is making it very hard for the creatures to stay alive.

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  3. Ms. LaClairJanuary 10, 2021 at 5:29 PM

    Melana, is there a dead zone locally? in New England? How may dead zones are there throughout the world?

    Remember to cite sources with in-text citations too.

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2021 at 12:16 AM

    this was a very interesting topic, Is there any solutions to this issue?

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  5. UnknownJanuary 13, 2021 at 2:29 PM

    Melana, Nice work. It's obvious that this is an issue that is important to you. It would be interesting to know if there is currently a local program with this.
    Mr Roye

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