"Dead zone" the size of New Jersey emerges in Gulf of Mexico
The "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico has created more than 4 million acres of habitat with little to no oxygen that could kill marine life.
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The "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico has created more than 4 million acres of habitat with little to no oxygen that could kill marine life.
The center of Tropical Storm Alberto was likely to reach the Mexican Gulf Coast early Thursday, bringing heavy rainfall to portions of Mexico and Texas.
Officials have yet to find the source of the oil spill, which has left chunky globules and long slicks near a 67-mile-long pipeline system off the coast of Louisiana.
A Carnival spokesperson said that security video showed the missing man jumping from the fourth deck of the ship in the early morning hours Monday.
The latest forecast has Idalia making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near the Big Bend area of Florida.
If the system does become a named storm, it will be called Idalia.
The National Hurricane Center gives the area a 70% chance of development over the next seven days
The higher-than-normal sea surface temperatures off the coasts of the Sunshine State could cause a "nasty" coral bleaching event, experts say.
A firefighter from Georgia and two fathers who drowned while trying to save their children are among at least 10 recent victims of dangerous rip currents along Gulf of Mexico beaches stretching across Florida's Panhandle to Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Tropical Depression #2 formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday afternoon on the first day of Hurricane Season.
A Mobile resident took photos and videos of an alligator that appeared to be riding the waves on Dauphin Island earlier this month.
Archeologists have found the remains of a 19th century quarantine hospital and cemetery on a submerged island in Florida's Dry Tortugas National Park in the Gulf of Mexico.
A new study says changes in air patterns as the world warms will likely push more and nastier hurricanes up against the United States' east and Gulf coasts.
Medium to high concentrations of the organism that causes red tide have been found in more than 100 samples along Florida's Gulf Coast. Here's how it impacts humans, pets and marine life.
Divers located the wreckage of the rented airplane about a third of a mile offshore, directly west of the Venice airport
A private airplane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast Saturday night, with two people confirmed dead as authorities searched for a third person believed to have been on the flight.
In a remarkable act of service and good fortune, a man reported missing from the Carnival Valor sailing in the Gulf of Mexico was found in the water and rescued on Thursday, according to the US Coast Guard.
"Unless significant conservation actions are taken, the United States is likely to cause the first anthropogenic extinction of a great whale species," scientists said.
Emergency managers in Broward County are concerned about the possibility of flooding ahead of system in the Gulf of Mexico.
This year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone," a largely human-caused phenomenon where there's too little oxygen to support marine life, is larger than average, according to researchers.
Heavy rain and tropical storm force winds from a tropical disturbance have reached the north Gulf Coast.
A Tropical Storm Warning has now been issued for the northern Gulf Coast due to a disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico that could become our next Tropical Depression or Storm
The family of a Florida woman who died after being infected by a flesh-eating bacteria at a beach is alerting others to the warning signs.
Senate panel moved forward Tuesday with a proposal that would direct $3 million a year to a red-tide research initiative.
Wildlife officials say the scallop population is rebounding following a bout of red tide in Gulf of Mexico.
