If the currents in the Gulf are running east-west, as they often are, the water looks brown. Although geographically closer, the Sabine and Atchafalaya rivers contribute their fair share but play ...

The Loop Current is an ocean current that transports warm Caribbean water through the Yucatan Channel between Cuba and Mexico. The current flows northward into the Gulf of Mexico, then loops ...

Scientists are still trying to understand the exact dynamics and circulation pathways that determine how dense, cold water ...

A new University of Miami study looked at 40 years worth of data from across the Atlantic and found cooler waters in deep ...

Investments supported by the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine ...

arguing that the US cannot unilaterally rename an international body of water. The Associated Press still calls the Gulf of Mexico by its original name, which it has carried for 400 years ...

Institutions outside of the U.S. and international bodies have not changed the way they refer to the body of water, which has been known as the Gulf of Mexico for over 400 years. The move is ...

Mentioning the color of the water off Galveston's beaches can start more arguments than debating whether to call it the Gulf of Mexico or America ... If the currents in the Gulf are running ...