Ocean dead zones are "the new normal," according to Jane Lubchenco, marine biologist at Oregon State University in this article in the L.A. Times. The low oxygen zones off the west coast appear to be spreading--exacerbated by global warming and overfishing. Grrlscientist has a good review of the dead zone paper published in Science last week. While she was discussing her work at AAAS, Lubchenco also voiced support for ScienceDebate2008.
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