Dead Zones Without Marine Life Found in the Atlantic Ocean for the First Time [View all]

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By Arhur Dominic Villasanta |

In an alarming discovery, marine biologists said they've confirmed the existence of "dead zones" in the open ocean for the first time.

Dead zones are areas where deep water is so lacking in dissolved oxygen that marine creatures can't survive.

Dead zones are normally found along inhabited coastal areas, with many located off the eastern and southern coasts of the United States and the Baltic Sea. Most of these coastal dead zones are caused by fertilizer run-offs and man-made pollution that trigger massive algal blooms.

German and Canadian researchers discovered the first deep ocean dead zones less than 100 kilometers from the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa in huge whirlpools moving along the Atlantic.

They said the slowly moving whirlpools could trigger massive fish kills and economic ruin among Western African countries.


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