Fertilizer runoff is responsible for a vast "dead zone," an oxygen-depleted region where little or no sea life can exist, in the Gulf of Mexico.

对大面积“死水区域”来说化肥残留物是罪魁祸首，在墨西哥湾，氧气耗尽的死水区域几乎没有海洋生物生存。

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The report also puts a priority on improving water quality, particularly on countering the giant dead zone that develops in late spring in the Gulf of Mexico.

报告也很重视水质的提高，尤其是应对墨西哥海湾晚春时节出现的巨大死区。

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Within seven years the Black Sea's dead zone had largely vanished and fisheries had recovered.

就在7年之内，黑海的死寂之区已经很大程度地消失，同时捕鱼业也得到恢复。

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When teachers guide students in gaining awareness that industrial agriculture writ large, for example, results in chemical runoff from nitrogen-based fertiliers in the Mississippi River that in turn creates a massive dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico so large that it is visible to the human eye through satellite distant imaging, students are able to grasp the basis for sustainable agriculture.

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