Scientists Predicting Record Dead Zone In Chesapeake Bay

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Some ecologists at the University of Maryland are worried that a large spot of low oxygen in the Chesapeake Bay could harm the state’s seafood industry.
News outlets report environmental scientists from Maryland and University of Michigan say they’re predicting a 2-mile (3-kilometer) swath of low-to-no oxygen in the bay, making it one of the largest so-called “dead zones” in nearly 20 years.
This particularly damaging dead zone is thought to