Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Storm Alberto, first of the Atlantic hurricane season, takes aim at Mexico, Texas

Elaine Hadley

The first tropical storm of the Atlantic season formed over the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center said, ...

‘Heat dome’ leads to sweltering temperatures in Mexico, Central America and US South

Abhinav Thawait

Extreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the U.S. South has left millions of people in sweltering temperatures, ...

The fossil fuel industry is breaking the law, leaving taxpayers to pay the cost • Louisiana Illuminator

Gregory Daniels

The United States’ top federal auditor, the Governmental Accountability Office (GAO), just released a report chronicling an ongoing crime wave on America’s ...

New breed of worm devours alligator in jaw-dropping experiment

Daisy Hips

A warning to readers who don’t have a fear of the deep ocean: this story might soon change that. Back ...

Dial it up to Category 6? As warming stokes storms, some want a bigger hurricane category

Daisy Hips

A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a ...

Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution

Daisy Hips

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients that contaminate drinking water and fuel ...

US Coast Guard responds to oil spill in Gulf of Mexico

Daisy Hips

(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday it was responding to an oil discharge near the Main Pass ...