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Thursday, October 19, 2006

Oceanic Dead Zones

The U.N. has posted that scientists have found 200 "dead zones" in our oceans, a thirty-four percent increase in two years.

Dead zones are described as location where pollution strangles the marine life and those that rely upon them.

The cause of the dead zones are primarly thought to be fertilizer, sewage, and the burning of fossil fuel.

Here is the full report:
http://www.gpa.unep.org/bin/php/igr/igr2/supporting.php

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