Hypoxic Dead Zones: Climate Change, Eutrophication, and the Economy
Introduction: What is a dead zone?
In this section:
-What characterizes a dead zone?
-In general terms, what causes them and where are they found?
Upwelling, Eutrophication, and Hypoxia
In this section:
-What are upwelling and hypoxia?
-What is "eutrophication"?
-What role does it play in creating/enhancing "dead zones"?
-What human activities are causing this and how
Where are these "dead zones"?
In this section:
-Profiles of West African, Oregon, Black Sea, and Gulf of Mexico dead zones.
-What are their individual causes and impacts??
-Are they related??
Dead Zones and Climate Change
In this section:
Discussion of the connection between climate change and coastal upwelling
-Discussion of the process of dead zone creation due to climate change
-Nature of such dead zones
How does this impact the environment?
In this section:
-Discussion of dead zone ecosystems and the biological and chemical consequences of hypoxia on these ecosystems
Economic Impact
In this section:
-What might the proliferation of dead zones mean for the world economy?
-What might sustained global warming mean for this?
So whaddaya want ME to do about it???


In this section:
-What are the technological approaches to research that we are utilizing?
-Discusses current research tactics
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