By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist Feb 8, 2012; 9:45 AM ET Part of a storm heading out from Mexico is bound to bring at least one rainy day this weekend to the Florida Peninsula. (Photos.com photo) A storm brewing in Mexico will send ...

Adrianna Quintero, Senior Attorney, Director, La Onda Verde de NRDC, San Francisco: Ever since Cuba’s intent to drill within 70 miles of Florida’s coast has become known, concerned Floridians have been reeling with how ...

Environmental groups on Thursday sued an oil company over the pace of its cleanup of a Gulf of Mexico spill that continues seven years after it was triggered by Hurricane Ivan in 2004.

Press Release 12-005Gulf of Mexico Topography Played Key Role in Bacterial Consumption of Deepwater Horizon Spill Scientists document how geology, biology worked together after oil disaster Vessels and platforms responding to the Deepwater Horizon s...

By Brian Edwards, Meteorologist Jan 7, 2012; 10:45 AM ET A change to rainy weather is expected across parts of Texas and Louisiana that desperately need the precipitation. This rainy pattern will begin Sunday night and continue through Tuesday, ...

On the right side of this APM image is a system of lagoons (dark green) near the coast of Mexico. Visible on the left side of the image are various rivers, flowing towards the Gulf of Mexico. The lagoons are part of the deltaic plain of the Usumacinta River, in ...

By Andy Mussoline, Meteorologist Oct 22, 2011; 11:29 AM ET A satellite image of the disturbance off the Nicaraguan coast Saturday afternoon. The yellow and red areas indicate where the heaviest downpours and thunderstorms are located. Unsettled w...

By Meghan Evans, Meteorologist Sep 3, 2011; 6:08 AM ET This satellite image of Lee shows strengthening early on Saturday morning. Drenching rain was already pouring down over southern Louisiana. Tropical Storm Lee will cause major flooding along ...

By Heather Buchman, Meteorologist Sep 1, 2011; 11:23 AM ET A seagull lands on the 17th Street levee near a breach repaired with metal reinforcements (behind the birds) on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) In the f...

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist Aug 29, 2011; 12:11 PM ET There is a possibility that more than just tropical moisture flows into Texas starting later this week. An upcoming area of disturbed weather in the western Gulf of Mexico b...

'A Second Glance' is valuable tool for regional managers and the public August 8, 2011 The Gulf of Mexico at a Glance: A Second Glance features economic and ecological highlights about the Gulf of Mexico's ecosystem, economy, and coastal communities....

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist Aug 2, 2011; 10:25 AM ET "What do you do when you can't hop over a fence? You go around it or slip through a gap." While the projected path (window of movement) shows the most likely scenario for Em...

By Kristina Pydynowski, Senior Meteorologist Jul 27, 2011; 3:01 AM ET The strong tropical wave being monitored by the AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center can be found churning just east of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula in this satellite image from earl...

Excluder devices save turtles when used properly July 14, 2011 With additional areas in the Gulf opening to shrimping on Friday, NOAA is continuing to help fishermen comply with Turtle Excluder Device (TED) regulations designed to prevent  turtles f...

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist Jul 1, 2011; 11:28 AM ET The tropical Atlantic will take a breather this weekend, but the vacation may be over later next week. As a lull in tropical activity settles over the Atlantic Basin this wee...

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist Jun 29, 2011; 7:00 AM ET Tropical Storm Arlene, which is spinning over the southwest Gulf of Mexico, became the first tropical system of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season Tuesday night. As we have ...

By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist Jun 27, 2011; 1:38 PM ET An approaching storm from the Pacific will cause winds to kick up over the Southwest, raising concerns for rapidly spreading wildfires. Fires threatening Los Alamos and many ...

A dead zone -- already the size of the state of New Jersey -- is growing in the ...

Chemical found in crude oil linked to congenital heart disease Public release date: 30-Apr-2011[ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Susan [email protected] Academy of Pediatrics Study shows fetal exposure to solvents may damage he...

MIAMI (Reuters) – The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be active with the energy-rich U.S. Gulf Coast facing a significant threat of a hurricane landfall, a leading private weather forecaster predicted on Tuesday. The forecast by Weather Services...

By Meghan Evans, Meteorologist Apr 6, 2011; 5:15 AM ET High pressure positioned off the Southeast Coast will promote sunny and calm weather across the Southeast over the next couple of days. Southerners will be cleaning up for weeks following a d...

If you're sitting on a bench in New York City's Central Park in winter, you're probably freezing.After all, the average temperature in January is 32 degrees Fahrenheit.But if you were just across the pond in Porto, Portugal, which shares New York's la...

UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A major component of the nearly 800,000 gallons of chemical dispersant used in the Gulf to breakup oil from last year’s Deepwater Horizon spill are not degrading. Now researchers question its potential long-term effects....