The Chesapeake Bay’s hypoxia levels in 2024 remained near or below historical averages, according to data from the Maryland ...

The Chesapeake Bay's low-oxygen dead zone is predicted to only be slightly larger this summer in spite of heavy rainfall earlier this year.

In 2021, according to Chesapeake Progress, a group that monitors the bay’s clean up, 260 million pounds of nitrogen and 15 million pounds of phosphorus poured into the bay. Nearly half were from ...

The dead zone in the Chesapeake Bay, where there’s low oxygen for underwater life, was near its average size in 2024, according to new data from the Chesapeake Bay Program.

This year’s dead zone in the Chesapeake Bay started earlier than normal and will be slightly larger than average after an unusually wet, warm spring, underscoring how climate change threatens ...

The Chesapeake Bay’s so-called “dead zones” – low-oxygen areas that can suffocate underwater life and shrink available habitat – are expected to be above average this year.

Dead zone data in the Chesapeake Bay has been collected since 1985. The severity varies from year to year, depending on nutrient and freshwater inputs, wind, and temperature.

Chesapeake Bay Program partners said Wednesday that the Bay’s “dead zone” in 2024 was near the long-time average taken from 1985 to 2023.

CHESAPEAKE BAY - The "dead zones" in the Chesapeake Bay—areas with little to no oxygen in the water—remain a significant concern for aquatic life, with recent reports indicating no reduction ...

The dead zone in the Chesapeake Bay, where there’s low oxygen for underwater life, was near its average size in 2024, according to new data from the Chesapeake Bay Program.