NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Researchers say they've found patches of oil believed to be from the BP leak on the Gulf of Mexico sea floor. Some of these are two ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed two bills (HB 575, HB 549) that rename what's currently still known as the Gulf of Mexico in state law and public school textbooks.The move is a response ...

For decades after, the Gulf of Mexico saw a variety of different names: the Sea of Cortez, Seno Mexico, the Sea of the North or the Spanish version: El Mar del Norte. As time went on, Spain ...

Google Maps shows the Gulf of Mexico renamed the Gulf of America after President Donald Trump’s executive order on Feb. 11, 2025. AP. The body of water has shared borders between the United ...

Mexico is suing tech giant Google for labeling the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America for U.S. users, after President Trump ordered the U.S. government to change the body of water's name, ...

Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ might only accelerate a trend. Leaders worldwide have been renaming places with abandon.

One reason we could see a potentially active 2025 season is sea-surface temperature, which can determine the amount of energy available for tropical systems to feed on.. Surface temperatures in ...

Mexico has argued that the Gulf of America label should only apply to the part over the U.S. continental shelf. The U.S. has control over about 46% of the gulf, Mexico controls about 49% and Cuba ...

On January 20, the first day of his second term, Trump directed the secretary of the interior to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America” for use on official maps and ...

Mexico has sued tech giant Google over its labelling of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, a change made by U.S. President Donald Trump via executive order, Mexico President Claudia ...

The Gulf of Mexico has carried that name for more than 400 years. The Associated Press refers to it by its original name while acknowledging the new name Trump has chosen.