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‘A residing laboratory’: An unintentional delta taught Louisiana scientists how one can rebuild wetlands

ST. MARY PARISH, La. —  Amid the speedy erosion of Louisiana’s coast, one thing hopeful is going on the place the Atchafalaya River meets the Gulf. A move of sediment from a decades-old river diversion has by accident given start…

Gulf ‘useless zone’ bigger than common, bigger than anticipated for 2024, scientists announce

This 12 months’s space of low oxygen within the Gulf of Mexico is bigger than common, the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) introduced on Thursday. The “useless zone” is roughly 6,705 sq. miles, as measured final week. Inside NOAA’s…