The Gulf Coast's Dead Zone

As the weather starts to cool down along the US Gulf Coast, a yearly phenomenon known as the Dead Zone begins to shrink. The Gulf Coast Dead Zone is a massive area of water near Louisiana and Texas, where most marine life cannot live at the bottom due to low oxygen levels. Shannon Young recently traveled to New Orleans to find out more about this yearly occurrence.

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