Oregon’s “Dead Zones” – Is Global Warming a Factor?
Dead zones are areas in the sea where there is insufficient oxygen to sustain living things. They occur in many places around the world, and usually come in the spring and last for a few weeks. And they have occurred off the coast of Oregon. That is no big whoop by itself. However, this is the fifth consecutive year that one of these dead zones has appeared off her coast.
One marine biologist, Jane Lubechenco, from Oregon State University cannot link it to any of the usual suspects – El Niño of La Niña – and so she is wondering if it might be connected to global warming. She said,
“There is no other cause, as far as we can determine.”
Here is the rest of the story in the paper of record.