An interesting article, Dead Serious, which discusses how "little progress has been made this decade in reducing the size of the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone, a massive area of oxygen-depleted water caused by agricultural and urban runoff."
The researchers identify corn crops as the worst offender and predicts even greater future problems due to increased demand for ethanol, a farm bill that subsidizes corn production and but not runoff mitigation practices by farmers, etc.
Thoughts?
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