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As Japan's dwindling population increasingly migrates to cities, 450 rural schools close each year. Now, some are being transformed into unique inns: https://bbc.in/3I2Bqxk

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🦐 Every year from June to July, scientists aboard the NOAA Research Vessel Oregon II study and measure hypoxic conditions in the Gulf of America—but what is hypoxia and why is it important?

💧 Oxygen is vital to life (even underwater), and when concentrations of oxygen get too low, they are deemed hypoxic waters, or "dead zones". The waters off the US experience the second largest dead zone in the world.

💲 These dead zones can have detrimental effects on communities in the Gulf who rely primarily on shrimp fishing, with estimated commercial fishing earnings around 5.5 billion dollars. Meaning, around 150,000 jobs in the area rely on low hypoxia levels to make fishing possible.

⛴️ Dissolved oxygen data gathered onboard is sent to NCEI scientists who create maps of the Gulf that experience frequent dead zones. These near real-time maps are used by fishermen to know where is best to fish, and by scientists to better understand and predict why and where the dead zones are occurring each year. For more information on hypoxia and dead zones, check out our web story: https://bit.ly/HypoxiaWatch

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Valarie Kaur speaking about pushing through dark times...

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