Huge ‘dead zone’ found in Bay of Bengal

Huge ‘dead zone’ found in Bay of Bengal  A 60,000 square kilometres‘ dead zone’ was founded in the Bay of Bengal by Researchers from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) in Goa. This zone contains little or no oxygen and supports microbial processes that remove vast amounts of nitrogen from the ocean.  Because this area hosts microbial

communities that can remove nitrogen.

What is Dead zones ?

“Dead zone” is a more common term for hypoxia, which refers to a reduced level of oxygen in the water.

Dead zones: western coasts of North and South America, off the coast of Namibia and off the west coast of India in the Arabian Sea.