Why so many fish are dying in the Gulf of Mexico

A brief environmental video essay that looks at the Dead Zone in the Gulf Mexico and the effect of industrial agriculture, fertilizer, and manure on America’s waterways. Specifically, I trace the oxygen deprivation caused by algal blooms in the Dead Zone back to overuse of fertilizers and runoff from conventional farms near the Mississippi.

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Resources:
1.The Largest Dead Zone Measured in the Gulf of Mexico: http://www.noaa.gov/media-release/gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone-is-largest-ever-measured
2. The Meat Industry and the Dead Zone: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/01/meat-industry-dead-zone-gulf-of-mexico-environment-pollution
3. The Impact of Crop Rotation on Nitrogen in the Mississippi River Basin: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/01/meat-industry-dead-zone-gulf-of-mexico-environment-pollution
4. Grist’s Article on the Dead Zone: http://grist.org/food/heres-a-solution-for-those-out-of-control-toxic-algae-blooms/
5. Dead Zone Visualization: https://youtu.be/a8ae2vq45eA

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Music:
Let’s Start at the Beginning by Lee Rosevere
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