There are now over 400 “dead zones” zones in coastal oceanic waters with varying degrees of oxygen-deprivation and trouble sustaining marine life.

Ocean dead zones (MP3, 2 min)
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Sources for this audio

• Huffington Post, July 30, 2010, Peter Hanlon, Wake Up and See the Dead Zones!
• Mongabay.com, August 14, 2008, Jeremy Hance, Marine “dead zones” double every decade
• Mongabay.com, April 3, 2008, Jeremy Hance, Ocean dead zones have nearly quadrupled since 1994
• LA Times, October 9, 2009, Kim Murphy, Pacific Ocean “dead zone” in Northwest may be irreversible
• Science Magazine, August 15, 2008, Robert J. Diaz and Rutger Rosenberg, Review: Spreading Dead Zones and Consequences for Marine Ecosystems
• National Geographic.com, March 5, 2010, James Owen, World’s Largest Dead Zone Suffocating Sea

Planet Warning is created and narrated by local audio activist Judy Lubow and airs over KGNU and other radio stations. You can hear recent episodes on our site here. Previous audios, covering such topics as Monster Banks, the Sixth Mass Extinction, and Ocean Acidification, and sources for all the audios, can be seen and heard on Planet Warning’s website. 
 
 

ALSO…hear Judy Lubow’s longer audio documentary on the fate of horses.

Other articles by Judy Lubow

• The polar ice sheets are melting - October 1st, 2010
• Middle class, RIP - September 23rd, 2010
• The revolving door - August 19th, 2010
• Water shortages (2-min audio) - August 9th, 2010
• The rich are getting richer - July 22nd, 2010
• Collapse of fish stocks worldwide (audio) - July 14th, 2010