This summer’s ‘dead zone’ in the Gulf will be larger than average, but task force claims progress is being made 

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects a so-called “dead zone” roughly the size of New Jersey to develop in the Gulf of Mexico this summer.Also known as a hypoxic zone, a reference to the low-oxygen conditions that kill fish and marine life, this year’s measurement is expected to cover more than 7,000 square miles.  Although that forecast falls below the record size of n