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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Excessive nitrogen in the water system contributes to the "dead zone" found at the mouth of the Mississippi and other rivers.

水系中的过量氮是造成密西西比河与其他河流河口处“死亡区”的元凶。

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This dead zone would have acted as a plug, blocking matter from migrating toward the sun.

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When the characters fly through the air, the space becomes an actual medium, not a dead zone.

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The dead zone drives shrimp farther out to sea, making it costlier and more time-consuming to catch them.

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