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Science Friday: Forecasting "Dead Zone" Conditions in the Gulf

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Flooding and runoff along the Mississippi may be combining to produce a bad year for the water in the Gulf of Mexico, enlarging a patch of oxygen-starved water. Nancy Rabelais, executive director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, describes the summer forecast for the Gulf's 'Dead Zone.' [8 mins. 25]

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