Today while talking to some students about their presentation on the Gulf of Mexico they mentioned the biological environmental condition known as hypoxia. I decided to look up some more info on this phenomena just to get a better understanding as I find biological processes very interesting.
First off, every summer in the Gulf of Mexico along the coast of Louisiana a zone called the dead zone forms. This so called dead zone is an area of oxygen depleted waters, and due to the need of oxygen to sustain most life many organisms just cannot live there. The cause of this condition is due to the Mississippi River depositing nitrogen into this area and it is a growing concern for commercial fishing, shrimping, and recreation. As well we as humans are largely responsible for this damaging condition, as we are the one responsible for putting excessive nitrogenous waste into the Gulf. thus I believe it is up to us to find a solution to this ecological problem.
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