File:Aquatic Dead Zones.jpg
Summary
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Red" class="mw-redirect" title="Red">Red</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Circles" class="mw-redirect" title="Circles">circles</a> on this map show the location and size of many of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">our planet’s</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_zone_(ecology)" class="extiw" title="en:Dead zone (ecology)">dead zones</a>. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Black" class="mw-redirect" title="Black">Black</a> dots show where dead zones have been observed, but their size is unknown. It’s no coincidence that dead zones occur downriver of places where <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens" title="Homo sapiens">human</a> population <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Density" title="Category:Density">density</a> is high (darkest <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Brown">brown</a>). Darker <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Blue" title="Blue">blues</a> in this image show higher concentrations of particulate organic matter, an indication of the overly fertile waters that can culminate in dead zones.
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current | 08:21, 13 January 2017 | 3,577 × 2,094 (856 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Red" class="mw-redirect" title="Red">Red</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Circles" class="mw-redirect" title="Circles">circles</a> on this map show the location and size of many of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">our planet’s</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_zone_(ecology)" class="extiw" title="en:Dead zone (ecology)">dead zones</a>. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Black" class="mw-redirect" title="Black">Black</a> dots show where dead zones have been observed, but their size is unknown. It’s no coincidence that dead zones occur downriver of places where <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens" title="Homo sapiens">human</a> population <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Density" title="Category:Density">density</a> is high (darkest <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Brown">brown</a>). Darker <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Blue" title="Blue">blues</a> in this image show higher concentrations of particulate organic matter, an indication of the overly fertile waters that can culminate in dead zones. |
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