How do warm waters fuel hurricanes? Tropical systems need warm water to thrive. This is why the U.S. Gulf Coast and Florida so often deal with blows from tropical cyclones while the colder waters ...

The Department of Interior Thursday released an analysis of fossil fuel deposits showing an additional 1.30 billion barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico's Outer Continental shelf.

Fifty ethanol plants produced 900 million gallons of ethanol in 1990. In 2024, 191 ethanol plants produced a record 16.22 billion gallons. From the Corn Belt, ethanol production has spread West.

Fifty ethanol plants produced 900 million gallons of ethanol in 1990. In 2024, 191 ethanol plants produced a record 16.22 billion gallons. From the corn belt, ethanol production has spread West.

Court ends case over Gulf of Mexico ... the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an appeal brought by the fossil fuel industry was moot now that NOAA Fisheries has released a ...

Shown are sea-surface temperature anomalies, or how much the water temperature deviates from normal, across the Gulf of Mexico. The waters there are nearly as warm in June 2025 as they were just ...

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 ...

As the Gulf of Mexico marks this anniversary, environmental advocates warn of continuing threats to the region’s resilience. Chief among these are climate change, ongoing fossil fuel development ...

A Florida photographer was aware his photo would likely fuel an online storm, with people from New Orleans to 30A chiming in. What do you call the Gulf?

The Department of Interior Thursday released an analysis of fossil fuel deposits showing an additional 1.30 billion barrels of oil in the Gulf of Mexico's Outer Continental shelf.

The Deepwater Horizon disaster on April 20, 2010, was the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, releasing an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico over nearly three ...