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Hypoxia is widespread and increasing in the ocean off the Pacific Northwest coast

  2024-03-20 in today.oregonstate.edu

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Low oxygen conditions that pose a significant threat to marine life are widespread and increasing in coastal Pacific Northwest ocean waters as the climate warms, a new study shows. Researchers found that in 2021, more than half the continental shelf off the Pacific Northwest coast experienced the low-oxygen condition known as hypoxia, said the study’s lead author, Jack Barth of Oregon State University.

  Tagged under: Oceans

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