Oil spills rarely travel more than 300 km from their source before natural processes break them down. Ixtoc I, a 1979 spill ...

Marine turbidites are layers of mud and sand deposited on the deep ocean floor by massive underwater landslides and are often ...

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Extended Continental Shelf likened to a new 'basement'—nearly 60% of Alaska. Mead Treadwell of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission explains.

They’ve been called “bubble chasers,” and “seep seekers,” though they sometimes call themselves “flare hunters.” They’re a ...

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck Guerrero, Mexico, but no serious damage or deaths were reported. Florida rarely experiences earthquakes as it is not located near any tectonic plate boundaries. The ...

Mexico City, Mexico — Officials said a train accident in southern Mexico killed at least 13 people and injured dozens, halting traffic along a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of ...

One of the most anticipated sales of the year just happened, but we're not talking about Happy Honda Days. Thirty energy companies on Wednesday made more than 200 bids for space in the Gulf of Mexico ...

WASHINGTON – Oil companies offered $300 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in the first of 30 sales planned for the region under Republican efforts to ramp up U.S. fossil ...

During his remarks to military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico several weeks ago in late September, Donald Trump ranted about the Gulf of Mexico (or the "Gulf of America" as he still wants to ...