A very large dead zone, an area of water with no or very little oxygen, is expected to form in the Gulf of Mexico this year — a trend in recent years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Full story
This week alone, five people have drowned in rip currents as officials along the Gulf Coast put up flags warning swimmers to beware of the dangerous currents. NBC’s Janet Shamlian reports.
Hurricanes that strike the Gulf Coast in June can be as deadly or more deadly that those that hit later in the season, one researcher warns. Full story
In the Gulf of Mexico, divers attach artwork to the sunken remains of the USS Mohawk. Chad Oliver of WBBH reports.
Storm Team 2 is monitoring an area of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico that could become the first tropical cyclone of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season by the middle of the week. Full story
The endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle has been found feeding in the Gulf of Mexico, in waters threatened by oil spills, heavy commercial fishing and oxygen depletion. Full story
How does it look to have the owner of Carnival, Micky Arison, sitting courtside at a Miami Heat game while one of his ships flounders in the Gulf of Mexico? Sydney Finkelstein, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University, and Allen Adamson, Brand S...
CNBC's Michelle Caruso Cabrera talks to passengers who were stuck on board the Carnival Triumph after it lost power in the Gulf of Mexico.
What's going to happen to the cruise industry following the Triumph's major fail in the Gulf of Mexico? CNBC's Michelle Caruso Cabrera reports.
For a second day, the Carnival Cruise ship Triumph sits adrift in the Gulf of Mexico. Passengers are tweeting and texting about terrible conditions -- few working toilets and no air conditioning in stifling 90 degree heat. NBC’s Janet Shamlian reports.
A federal judge has approved BP’s settlement with businesses and individuals hit by the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. NBC’s Lester Holt has more.
This NOAA satellite image taken Monday, April 1, 2013 shows an area of cloudiness stretching from New England through the Gulf of Mexico associated with a cold front. Rain and thunderstorms will move eastward along this boundary. Cooler air will push southeastward as this boundary moves off the coas
Oil gushes from BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, in this frame grab captured from a BP live video feed on July 11, 2010. REUTERS/BP/Handout
