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The possibility of eventually going further and deeper will be enhanced by the experience that will be gained with the turbines in Nantucket Sound....It is prudent that the first projects be relatively close to shore, and in relatively shallow water before moving further out. Nantucket Sound is a good place to begin.

-- Dr. James F. Manwell, Director, Renewable Energy Research Laboratory, UMass

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Ocean Dead Zones Growing; May Be Linked to Warming
Friday, May 02, 2008
The world's hypoxic zones—swaths of ocean too oxygen-deprived to support fish and other marine organisms—are rapidly expanding as sea temperatures rise, a new study suggests.

Note: Click here to read this article in National Geographic

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