SOUTH-EAST of New Orleans, where the Mississippi empties into the Gulf of Mexico, the North American land mass does not end so much as gently give up. Land subsides to ...

2012 Gulf Hypoxia in Brief Forecast:1,197 to 6,213 square miles Results of preliminary June survey cruise find area to be 295 mi2 August 1: Results of mid-summer survey cruise NOAA ...

The recent rise in sightings of non-native Asian tiger shrimp off the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts has government scientists working to determine the cause of the increase ...

OnMarch 27-28, 2012, NOAA led the third annual Gulf of Mexico ResearchCoordination Meeting in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, where all five NOAAline offices and numerous state, federal, and academic partners ...

In a first-ever collaboration, findings from NCCOS's long-term research into the causes and consequences of the Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" were included in the National Weather Service annual spring ...

Echoing the alarm sounded in the early 2000s about increasing numbers of lionfish off the East Coast, NOAA scientists are warning that another species - the Asian tiger shrimp - ...

The hypoxic zone located off the coast of Louisiana and Texas forms each summer and threatens valuable commercial and recreational Gulf fisheries. Seeking solutions to reduce the size of the ...

National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science supported scientists have documented that the 2011 "dead zone"(area of hypoxia, or low oxygen) in the northern Gulf of Mexico west of the Mississippi ...

Online social media tools have revolutionized communications. Facebook, You Tube, and Twitter are now commonplace in the private sector and increasingly being used by the federal government. These social media ...

Atlantic croaker, one of the most abundant fish in the Gulf of Mexico, are starting to exhibit changes that appear to be related to the massive summer "Dead Zone." A ...