Stream Hypoxia (IMAGE)

Duke University

Stream Hypoxia

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A new study finds that hypoxic dead zones, where dissolved oxygen levels in water drop so low that fish and other animals suffocate, occur in urban streams such as this one in Raleigh, N.C.

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Duke Univ.

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