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Gulf of Mexico

A map of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico in 2018 depicts low-oxygen areas in red, orange, and yellow off the coast of Louisiana.
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Gulf Dead Zone Looms Large in 2019

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 11 July 201927 January 2023

A new forecast predicts widespread hypoxia after a wet Midwest spring.

Artist’s impression of an asteroid impacting shallow waters near the modern-day Yucatán Peninsula.
Posted inNews

Huge Global Tsunami Followed Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Impact

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 20 December 201829 September 2021

The cataclysmic Chicxulub impact roughly 66 million years ago spawned a tsunami that produced wave heights of several meters in distant waters, new simulations suggest.

Domitilo Nájera Navarrete stands ready to deploy an acoustically-tracked RAFOS float in the Gulf of Mexico.
Posted inScience Updates

Deep Floats Reveal Complex Ocean Circulation Patterns

by A. L. Ramsey, H. H. Furey and A. S. Bower 5 November 201826 October 2022

Acoustically tracked floats drift far below the ocean’s surface, providing fresh discoveries about deep-sea currents. A new archive gathers decades’ worth of float data into a central repository.

https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077527
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Smaller Eddies Found Within Eddies

by J. Sprintall 27 August 201822 July 2022

A glider survey observed three small eddies embedded within a larger scale eddy associated with the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico.

Natural color image of Hurricane Harvey captured by MODIS on 24 August 2017.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Improving Tropical Cyclone Predictions in the Gulf of Mexico

by Terri Cook 3 May 201819 October 2021

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s newest High Resolution Atmospheric Model captures the influence of intraseasonal oscillations on tropical cyclone activity.

Aerial shot of seismic vessel towing an acoustic source and hydrophones.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Acoustic Imaging of Oceanic Mixing in the Gulf of Mexico

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 9 February 201819 October 2021

Detailed analysis of acoustic reflections suggests that vertical mixing of oceanic water is enhanced at greater depths, thanks to weak stratification and the roughness of the seabed.

A new modeling study finds that dispersants used at the Deepwater Horizon site may have
Posted inNews

Deepwater Horizon Dispersant Cleared the Air, New Model Shows

by R. Kaufman 14 September 201718 May 2022

A simulation of oil and gas leakage during the Deepwater Horizon disaster finds that the main chemical dispersant used improved air quality for emergency responders.

Salt tectonics at work in this snip of a new hi-res seafloor map of the Gulf of Mexico, made from oil and gas industry data.
Posted inScience Updates

A 1.4-Billion-Pixel Map of the Gulf of Mexico Seafloor

by K. V. Kramer and W. W. Shedd 24 May 201729 September 2021

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management releases the highest-resolution bathymetry map of the region to date.

Instruments aboard the container ship Oleander have collected data on plankton since the 1970s.
Posted inScience Updates

Packing Science into a Shipping Vessel

by T. Rossby, R. Curry and J. Palter 28 April 201718 October 2022

Oleander Workshop II: 25 Years of Operations; Narragansett, Rhode Island, 26–27 October 2016

Hurricane Matthew brought high winds and heavy rain to the Caribbean in October 2016.
Posted inOpinions

Climate Change’s Pulse Is in Central America and the Caribbean

by J. E. González, Matei Georgescu, M. C. Lemos, N. Hosannah and D. Niyogi 27 April 201716 March 2023

Nations that border the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea are ideally placed for tracking the effects of global climate change and testing innovative ways to adapt to future changes.

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