A new dead zone in the Indian Ocean could impact future marine nutrient balance Odense M, Denmark (SPX) Dec 06, 2016 - Large areas of the global ocean, so called marine "dead zones" contain no oxygen and support microbial processes that remove vast amounts of nitrogen from the global ocean. Nitrogen is a key nutrient for life. These dead zones are well known off the western coasts of North and South America, off the coast of Namibia and off the west coast of India in the Arabian Sea. New research published ... more

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