CHESAPEAKE BAY, MD – Maryland Department of Natural Resources says monitoring shows hypoxia volumes remained above average in July.
Maryland DNR says data shows above average hypoxia levels, waters with less than 2 mg/l of oxygen.
Early July reportedly saw an increase in hypoxia from late June, with volumes almost double the historical average, and the sixth-highest early July volume in the past 40 years. Anoxia, waters with less than 0.2 mg/l oxygen, was also above average, according to DNR…