Alumnus William "Monty" Graham, the new director of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center—one of the nation's leading ...

These unique ecosystems, ranging from the icy waves of Alaska to the warm currents around Florida ... Among the most abundant fish species in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf menhaden is a small fish with ...

The monsoon is a seasonal change in wind direction. Most of the year, New Mexico and the Southwest ... drawing up moisture from the Gulf and the Pacific Ocean. This change in wind pattern brings ...

Atlantic hurricane is predicted to be 'above average'. The season officially runs from 1 June until 30 November.

An early-season heat dome recently caused sea temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea to warm well above average. Meanwhile, waters have cooled in the Pacific Ocean, a shift ...

Swirls of turquoise illuminate ocean currents in the Gulf of Mexico. Red dots clustered along the coast represent red snapper eggs at inshore breeding grounds. Thin red lines stretch into the Gulf, ...

The Loop Current flows northward into the Gulf of Mexico through the Yucatán Channel ... a category 5 hurricane in a little over 2 days. Ocean currents that circulate warm water, including ...

New research from an international group looking at ancient sediment cores in the North Atlantic has for the first time shown a strong correlation between sediment changes and a marked period of ...

Flooding on the US Northeast coast has risen significantly as a critical network of Atlantic Ocean currents weakens ... AMOC also affects the flow of the Gulf Stream, causing water to flow ...

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM ... Program (2024–2029), which includes only three planned lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico. The Interior Department, under the direction of President ...