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Archive Home > 2011 > August > 03 > ‘Dead zone’ growing in Chesapeake Bay

‘Dead zone’ growing in Chesapeake Bay

By Darryl Fears / The Bulletin
August 3, 2011

A giant underwater “dead zone” in the Chesapeake Bay is growing at an alarming rate because of unusually high nutrient pollution levels this year, according to Virginia and Maryland officials. They said the expanding area of oxygen-starved water is on track to become the....

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