What Are Ocean Dead Zones and Why Are They Growing?

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There are over 700 oxygen-starved dead zones spreading across the world's oceans right now Have you ever heard of this before? Drop a 🌊 if this blew your mind

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Some ocean patches have almost no life left. Dead zones are areas where oxygen drops so low, marine life suffocates. Here's the part nobody talks about — farm and lawn fertilizer runoff feeds the algae that causes this. The Gulf dead zone can swell to the size of New Jersey, devastating shrimp and fish populations. Follow for more ocean facts that'll change how you see the world.