Coastal Areas of Eutrophication and Hypoxia
WorldPhysical EnvironmentThe world's oceanic areas that are experiencing pollution, which results in algal blooms, species loss, and destruction of coral reefs
World Resources InstituteA map shows coastal areas of Eutrophication and Hypoxia. Hypoxic, as red circles, are shown mostly along the East Coast of the U S and Mexico, Europe, and Australia. The Eutrophic, as blue circles, are shown mostly in Europe, South America, and Australia.
Hypoxic | Eutrophic | No Data | Very Low | Low | Moderately Low | Moderate | Moderately High | High | Very High | Extremely High | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 1 | 0.220% | 0.183% | 1.08% | 0.155% | 0.137% | 1.29% | 0.106% | |||
Arizona | 0.139% | 10.8% | |||||||||
Utah | 0.376% | 0.196% | 39.2% | ||||||||
Yukon | 0.795% | 1.20% | 10.9% | 14.8% | 9.73% | ||||||
Northwest Territories | 1.90% | 10.9% | 5.41% | 21.2% | 8.33% | 0.275% | 0.935% | ||||
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||||||
Florida | 43 | 11 | 0.355% | 80.3% | |||||||
Idaho | 0.401% | 1.00% | 8.30% | ||||||||
New Hampshire | 1 | 80.8% | 16.8% | ||||||||
Rhode Island | 3 | 94.9% | |||||||||
Vermont | 0.314% | 1.37% | |||||||||
Washington | 7 | 3 | 8.97% | 9.78% | 0.487% | 0.874% | |||||
Wyoming | 0.273% | 44.8% | 4.05% | ||||||||
Nunavut | 0.968% | 0.100% | 0.238% | 3.40% | |||||||
Montana | 0.729% | 0.291% | 1.69% | ||||||||
Maine | 3 | 82.9% | 16.3% | ||||||||
North Dakota | 9.96% | ||||||||||
Kentucky | 0.803% | ||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 2 | 4.31% | 0.376% | 7.89% | |||||||
Virginia | 5 | 6.11% | |||||||||
Delaware | 6 | 1 | 21.0% | ||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 1 | 91.5% | |||||||||
Saskatchewan | 0.919% | 28.6% | 8.52% | 1.02% | 0.695% | ||||||
Mississippi | 3 | 1 | 18.5% | ||||||||
West Virginia | 21.1% | ||||||||||
Nebraska | 29.9% | 30.0% | |||||||||
Texas | 11 | 2 | 0.168% | 8.05% | |||||||
Missouri | 5.67% | ||||||||||
Louisiana | 6 | 0.187% | |||||||||
Hawaii | 0.296% | 0.586% | 1.76% | 0.911% | |||||||
North Carolina | 15 | 42.1% | |||||||||
Oregon | 2 | 11.5% | 0.302% | 25.8% | 0.243% | ||||||
New Brunswick | 3.39% | 0.324% | 35.6% | ||||||||
Alabama | 3 | 1 | 17.9% | ||||||||
New Mexico | 3.80% | 24.3% | |||||||||
Kansas | 12.6% | 48.2% | |||||||||
Wisconsin | 0.259% | 0.247% | |||||||||
British Columbia | 0.147% | 1.12% | 0.594% | 2.88% | 2.80% | 3.66% | 10.6% | ||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1 | 5.13% | 0.109% | 0.201% | 1.56% | ||||||
New Jersey | 5 | 1.93% | 0.357% | ||||||||
South Carolina | 15 | 58.8% | |||||||||
Michigan | 1.39% | 0.144% | |||||||||
Alberta | 0.424% | 0.728% | 1.52% | 10.5% | 0.222% | 1.32% | 0.431% | ||||
Connecticut | 2 | 14.6% | 85.2% | ||||||||
Pennsylvania | 33.7% | 0.565% | |||||||||
Colorado | 17.7% | 35.7% | |||||||||
Nevada | 0.344% | 12.9% | 76.5% | ||||||||
Massachusetts | 3 | 32.8% | 0.220% | ||||||||
Georgia | 5 | 1 | 0.544% | ||||||||
New York | 5 | 0.690% | 33.9% | 0.977% | |||||||
Maryland | 8 | 1.80% | |||||||||
Québec | 1.02% | 2.36% | 2.98% | 1.97% | 1.83% | 1.52% | |||||
Manitoba | 0.786% | 11.3% | 36.2% | 21.9% | 0.653% | 4.68% | |||||
Oklahoma | 1.67% | 0.437% | |||||||||
Tennessee | 2.12% | ||||||||||
Ontario | 28.2% | 14.0% | 30.5% | 13.7% | 0.243% | ||||||
California | 7 | 2 | 0.438% | 1.08% | 5.44% | 13.5% | |||||
Arkansas | 25.3% | ||||||||||
South Dakota | 2.42% | 0.851% | 0.598% | ||||||||
Ohio | 0.316% | 1.15% | 1.29% | ||||||||
Indiana | 30.9% | ||||||||||
Minnesota | 11.2% | ||||||||||
Iowa | 10.5% | ||||||||||
Illinois | 0.259% | ||||||||||
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