Above: Ocean currents in the Gulf of Mexico as depicted by the U.S. Navy HYCOM model on July 21, 2018. Colors represent the speed of the current, in centimeters per second.

A major ocean current in the Gulf of Mexico plays an important role in sustaining Florida red tide blooms, a new study indicates. The research team suggests that the position of the Loop Current ...

Satellite imagery on Nov. 11, 2024, shows the remnants of Rafael in the Gulf of Mexico. Swells from the storm continue to cause life-threatening conditions along the western and northern U.S. Gulf ...

University of Miami Rosenstiel oceanographer Nick Shay says the Loop Current swings up from the Caribbean toward the Gulf coast like an ocean river, moving warm water hundreds of feet deep. That ...

I have been monitoring ocean heat content for more than 30 years as a marine scientist. The conditions I’m seeing in the Gulf in May 2022 are cause for concern.

Rip currents can travel up to eight feet per second! KIII-TV Corpus Christi. Watching for rip currents as the disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico develops. Story by Madeline Salinas ...

As global warming supercharges ocean temperatures and the possibility of bigger, badder storms, a little-known current in the Gulf of Mexico may also be preparing to wreak some havoc.

Three people died in the Gulf of Mexico during severe conditions Saturday at Panama City Beach, Fla., officials said, bringing deaths there this year in surf zone incidents to a nationwide high of ...

The Loop Current is an area of warm water that travels up from the Caribbean, past the Yucatan Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico. The current will transport areas of high ocean heat content ...

Hurricane Beryl to elevate rip current risk in the Gulf of Mexico. Stay safe if heading to the beach this weekend! Beaumont Enterprise Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo. Skip to main content.

This includes the most comprehensive observations of ocean water moving from the Caribbean Sea into the Gulf through the Yucatan Strait, a critical entry point located between Mexico and Cuba. The ...