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In 2008, 415 Dead Zones Were Identified
NASA has just released a new map of oceans showing aquatic dead zones around the world (places where water is so low in dissolved oxygen that sea creatures can’t survive, something we’ve written about a lot Read the full story on TreeHugger
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