WASHINGTON – A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls for an international, multi-institutional comprehensive campaign of research, observation, and ...

What Is The Gulf Stream? While many associate the Gulf Stream with the movie, The Day After Tomorrow, the Gulf Stream is in fact an important part of Earth's climate system and is responsible for ...

The hot waters of the Gulf of Mexico led to rapid intensification of yet another hurricane, this time strengthening Helene into a deadly, Category 4 storm as it raced towards Florida's coast.

A satellite map of the Gulf of Mexico reveals the “loop current,” a hairpin curve of hotter than usual water that could help grow future Hurricane Helene into a Category 3 storm. University of Miami ...

Investments supported by the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are transforming our knowledge of the Loop Current, the dominant physical ...

New evidence of changes to the Gulf Stream during the last ice age could indicate additional sensitivity to future climatic changes, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The research, published ...

The Gulf Stream is a vital ocean current that moves warm water from the tropics to the North Atlantic. Scientists have long studied its stability, knowing its collapse would have severe global ...

Wind and density differences across the oceans result in various ocean currents all over the world. These currents generally follow the same pattern and help not only circulate the ocean water, but ...