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Hurricane Agatha has its sights set on Mexico landfall before weakening, then a potential move toward the Gulf

Hurricane Agatha is expected to continue to strengthen as it heads toward southern Mexico, where it’s expected to make landfall on Monday before potentially crossing into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Tropical Storm Agatha, located in the eastern Pacific, could head toward South Florida next week

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A broad area of low pressure, which would be the remnant of a tropical storm, is expected to form in the southwest Gulf of Mexico by the middle of the week and it could gradually develop and drift eastward toward South Florida, according to the National…

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First disturbance of the 2022 hurricane season moves over Florida Panhandle

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The first tropical disturbance of the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season moved through the Gulf of Mexico and inland over the Florida Panhandle early Monday.

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Bad news for the 2022 hurricane season: The Loop Current, a fueler of monster storms, is looking a lot like it did in 2005, the year of Katrina

The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1, and the Gulf of Mexico is already warmer than average. Even more worrying is a current of warm tropical water that is looping unusually far into the Gulf for this time of year, with the power to turn tropical storms into monster…

The Conversation

Biden Administration Drops Offshore Drilling Auctions: WSJ

The Biden administration has canceled plans to auction drilling rights in two regions in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the coast of Alaska,

Benzinga

Fishing gear and plastic bag pieces found in the stomach of a dead sperm whale in Keys

Biologists conducting an necropsy on a sperm whale that beached itself in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico in the Florida Keys said they found man-made materials in the mammal’s stomach that likely contributed to its death.

Miami Herald

Biden cancels offshore oil lease sales in Gulf Coast, Alaska

The Biden administration says it is canceling three oil and gas lease sales scheduled in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska

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Biden administration cancels 3 major offshore oil lease sales in Gulf of Mexico and Alaska

Green groups hailed the move, energy firms accused the administration of discussing the need for more supply only to restrict it.

Axios

SpaceX Brings 4 Astronauts Home with Midnight Splashdown

SpaceX brought four astronauts home with a midnight splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, capping the busiest month yet for Elon Musk’s taxi service. The three US astronauts and one German in the capsule were bobbing off the Florida coast, near Tampa, less than 24 hours after leaving…

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SpaceX: Elon Musk's space taxi service brings four astronauts back to Earth

Splashdown in Gulf of Mexico

Wales Online

ACE Winches opens new facility in Texas with $6.5m investment

10 new jobs set to be created as the company expands into the green energy market

Insider UK

Gulf of Mexico oil drilling makes too-little, too-late comeback

A new wave of oil platforms is sweeping into the U.S. Gulf of Mexico as crude prices are riding historic levels and demand for barrels is higher than ever.

Tribune News Service

Wreckage of 207-year-old whaling ship destroyed in storm found in Gulf of Mexico

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration unearthed Industry, a 64-foot-long vessel which was cast to the bottom of the sea when a strong storm snapped its mast

Daily Mirror

Wreck of 200-year-old whaling ship may have been found in Gulf of Mexico

The brig, just 64 feet long, had been built in 1815 in Westport, Mass., and was a 20-year veteran of the whaling industry

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Wreck of only sunken Gulf whaler discovered 190 years later

Researchers say they've found what's believed to be the wreck of the only whaling ship known to sink in the Gulf of Mexico

The Independent UK

Trump plane makes emergency landing after engine failure

A plane carrying former President Donald Trump was forced to make an emergency landing in New Orleans last weekend after suffering engine failure over the Gulf of Mexico

The Guardian - US

Plane carrying Trump reportedly made emergency landing after engine failure

Incident occurred over Gulf of Mexico as former president returned to Florida from rally in New Orleans on Saturday night

The Independent UK

Donald Trump’s plane made emergency landing in New Orleans after engine failure over Gulf of Mexico

RNC scrambles to get another private plane from donors as first borrowed jet fails

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The Independent UK

UN report paints dire picture of the Gulf of Mexico's future

Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 50 inches of rain on parts of the Texas coast in 2017

Daily Mirror

Woman grapples with cruise ship security before 'jumping' overboard and vanishing

New footage, recorded moments before a woman reportedly jumped overboard from the Carnival Valor cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico, shows her struggling with the ship's security

The Independent UK

Carnival cruise passenger goes overboard in Gulf of Mexico after alleged hot tub altercation

The Carnival Valor vessel was 150 miles off the shore of Louisiana when the 32-year-old went overboard

The Conversation

How autonomous underwater robots can spot oil plumes after an ocean spill

On April 20, 2010, the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded, burned, sank in the Gulf of Mexico and terrified the world. This horrific accident — recorded as the largest oil spill in history — killed 11 workers and released 210 million gallons of crude oil into the ocean.

Salon

Judge halts oil and gas leases

A federal judge halts the Department of Interior's decision to lease more than 80 million acres in Gulf of Mexico

Mic

A judge just slammed Biden’s plans for oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

The administration’s environmental analysis amounted to a “serious failing” and was made in “grave error,” the court said.

The Independent UK

Court ruling gives Biden chance for reset on climate policy

President Joe Biden has an opportunity for a reset on climate policy after a federal judge rejected an administration plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling

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