Oil and gas companies are bringing several new projects online in the Gulf, moves aimed at keeping production flowing ...

The Gulf of Mexico has a natural barrier made up of Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas, which can prevent outside tsunamis from ...

One study, published in February in the journal Environmental Research Letters, found that a plume of hot freshwater, ...

The Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" is smaller than previous measurements and forecasts, NOAA announced. There are 2.8 million ...

The big “Gulf of Mexico” scrub-out has begun at NOAA. The agency on Thursday issued a final rule “to amend existing ...

NOAA-supported scientists announced today that this year's Gulf of Mexico "dead zone"—an area of low to no oxygen that can ...

The gulf is also home to some of the oldest creatures on earth: black corals. They have been found at over 2,000 years old, according to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.

The Gulf's name has been a source of controversy in recent weeks after Trump's announcement By NBC Chicago Staff • Published February 11, 2025 • Updated on February 11, 2025 at 10:37 pm ...

Mexico, as well as other countries and international bodies, do not have to recognize the name change. Mexico argues that Gulf of America should only apply to the part of the gulf over the U.S ...

He vowed then to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and make Mexico pay for it. The U.S. ultimately constructed or refurbished about 450 miles of wall during his first term.

The AP’s official guidance says that it will continue to call the gulf off the Florida coast the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf has had that name for more than 400 years.