What is a Dead Zone

If you've been reading/watching about the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, then you may be hearing more about 'dead zones'. For me, these are even more frightening than the oiled wetlands.
A dead zone is an aquatic area that is low in oxygen. If there's not enough oxygen, than life can't exist. Thus, it's a 'dead zone'. We've known that the Gulf of Mexico has been facing this previous to the massive spill. But, I think it's gonna get worse. Really frightening.

Read on....educate yourself:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37738626/from/RSS/
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/oceancolor/additional/science-focus/ocean-color/dead_zones.shtml

Some of you may remember the 'Biosphere' built in Arizona in the United States. The Biosphere was, essentially, an attempt to create an entire man-made enclosed 'Earth' with a full mix of habitats. It was a super cool experiment, and I had the extreme honor and pleasure of a behind the scenes tour of the facility before it closed. The greatest lesson of Biosphere was that 'it didn't really work.' Meaning....we couldn't really recreate the Earth's environment. The ocean area ended up looking kinda like clearish pea soup. I don't believe the facility is used for hard-core research any more, but is used for public outreach and education.
http://www.b2science.org/index.html

The Gulf of Mexico and all the 'Fish Friends' are running out of time. Yes, we still at this moment need oil. But, we've got to refocus, re-educate and kick things into high gear.

Peace.