National Geographic: A low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico (map) is causing sexual deformities in fish, a new study says. The Gulf dead zone occurs when agricultural and waste runoff from the Mississippi River spark blooms of algae and microbes. These organisms gobble up oxygen, starving other marine life and creating huge swaths of “dead” ocean
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Female Fish Develop "Testes" in Gulf Dead Zone
