
Winter 2019 Issue
December 1, 2018
University and Government Scientists Release 2018 Summer Cruise for Hypoxia 'Dead Zone' Report
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
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LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM
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LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM

This summer's Dead Zone size is the fourth smallest area mapped since 1985. The average over 2014 to 2018 is 5,770 square miles (about three times the size of the Hypoxia Task Force five-year goal reduction of 1,930 square miles, 5,000 square kilometers).
See the full report here: LUMCON&LSUPressRelease2018.pdf.