Posted by
BLOGASSAULT on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:18:30 AM
Heavy rains and flooding this year in the upper midwest was going to push the Gulf of Mexico's 'dead zone' to record levels this year.
But fortunantly, hurricane
Dolly seems to have saved the day. Hurricanes are made out to be these horrible devastating things, it is easy to forget they actual help.
They
'dead zone' is an large area of the gulf that is oxygen depleted because of nitrogen run-off from farmers feilds and the simple mixing of fresh water from the Mississippi river into the salt waters of the gulf.