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All you need to know about DEAD ZONES !

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  ECOLOGY DEAD ZONES Edit credits : Diksha  Hypoxia - reduced level of oxygen in water bodies What is a dead zone? A dead zone or Hypoxia, is an area of water bodies, deprived of the preferable amount of oxygen in it. Causing turbulence in aquatic life Basic Analogy behind the water snot : There can be two very straightforward explanations for the formation of a hypoxic region, it occurs : When marine adaptation dies due to the reduced amount of oxygen being supplied in the region. When the habitants abandon the region.  Who is the culprit here?  Earlier the blame was all on nature and the natural calamities but ever since humans began with the expanding industrialization, they started harming nature and hence ruining the harmony of the water bodies. Simply put, humans have contributed to the growth of dead zones around the earth.  There are many physical, chemical, and biological factors that combine to create dead zones, but nutrient pollution is the primary cause, created by huma