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Chesapeake ‘dead zone’ could be largest ever

High nutrient pollution levels have caused the Chesapeake Bay”s underwater “dead zone” to expand unusually quickly this year: It covers a third of the bay and will likely become the bay”s largest-ever area of oxygen-starved water. The dead zone, which sucks oxygen from deep waters and kills any marine life that can”t escape it… Source

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