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Audio Article: Scientists build new atlas of ocean’s oxygen-starved waters

Audio Article: Scientists build new atlas of ocean’s oxygen-starved waters

Update: 2022-01-05
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A team of MIT scientists have generated a detailed, three-dimensional "atlas" of the largest oxygen-deficient zones (ODZ) in the tropical Pacific. And though these ODZs make up less than 1 percent of the ocean’s total volume, they are a significant source of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.

Read the article: https://news.mit.edu/2021/oxygen-deficient-ocean-map-1227
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Audio Article: Scientists build new atlas of ocean’s oxygen-starved waters

Audio Article: Scientists build new atlas of ocean’s oxygen-starved waters

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)