The World from PRX

Gulf of Mexico

Hurricane Michael 2018
Environment
Warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico raise alarm as US storm season approaches
Two people are shown next to a water-filled ditch with a grassy field on either side.
Growing Food, Sowing Trouble
We’re not fixing this environmental crisis. Could one ditch show us the way?
The silhouette of roseau cane during a sunset on the Louisiana coast.
Science
In a hungry little insect, a big threat to Louisiana’s coast
Couple in a boat in flood waters
Environment
Scientists pinpoint link between climate change and Hurricane Harvey’s record rainfall
Ixtoc blowout
Environment
Forgotten satellite data is helping researchers reconstruct the effects of a 1979 oil spill
Oil spill.
Arts
The Gulf shows some small signs of recovery, seven years after Deepwater Horizon
Oil slick Gulf of Mexico
Environment
Studying a 1979 oil spill may help scientists predict long-term effects of Deepwater Horizon
a lionfish
Environment
Conservationists want you to eat more lionfish. Wait, what?
Oil lease arrests
Environment
Gulf of Mexico oil leases spark protests, but little revenue
Environment
Strange weather and climate change
The Downs family after their rescue. A German U-boat torpedoed the ship they were sailing on in the Gulf of Mexico in 1942.
Conflict
Survivor of WWII U-boat attack: ‘I went under and didn’t think I was ever going to come up’
Gulf lease protest
Environment
Louisianans rally against new Gulf oil leases
Deepwater Horizon on fire
Environment
BP’s $18.7 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement provides relief, but perhaps not justice
A work boat passes an oiled marshland one year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in Bay Jimmy near Myrtle Grove, Louisiana.
Environment
Five years later, the Gulf of Mexico is still recovering from Deepwater Horizon
Louisiana’s Master Plan for the Coast includes projects like marsh creation, sediment diversion, structural and shoreline protection, hydrologic restoration and oyster reef restoration. If implemented on time, it could restore and save some crucial wetlan
Environment
Louisiana’s much-needed plan to save its wetlands is short almost $50 billion
The Houston Ship Channel stretches 52 miles from the Gulf of Mexico to the city of Houston. Sea levels have risen 2.2 feet over the last century at Galveston, the main barrier island protecting the Ship Channel from a big storm.
Environment
The ‘Texas miracle’ is fueling huge economic growth — and the climate change that may end it
Louisiana coastline
Environment
Louisiana’s coastline is disappearing at the rate of a football field an hour
A US Coast Guard image of the oil tanker United Kalavyrta, which is carrying a cargo of Kurdish crude oil, approaching Galveston, Texas on July 25.
Business
A mystery oil tanker is anchored in limbo outside of Houston
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Environment
Oil-chewing bacteria may be the future for quickly cleaning toxic oil spills
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Environment
Oil-chewing bacteria may be the future for quickly cleaning toxic oil spills
Environment
For more accurate weather forecasts, follow the fish
Environment
Divers discover 50,000-year-old cypress trees on Gulf of Mexico floor
Mexicans near border rely on Texas media for news on drug violence
Environment
Hurricane Isaac approaches Louisiana coast
Environment
As Tropical Storm Isaac strengthens, New Orleans prepares for test of multi-billion dollar levee
Environment
Two-year-old Michigan oil spill still not completely cleaned up, yields large fine
Arts, Culture & Media
New York band bringing urban flavor to Mexico’s son jarocho music style
Environment
Research suggests ocean garbage patches may be bigger than once believed
Environment
Oil pipeline from Canada could be election issue for Obama
An intimate tour of the threatened Gulf Coast
Environment
Impact of oil spill on US energy policy
Ancient Underwater Forest in the Gulf of Mexico
Deepwater Disaster Three Years On
Research Update on the Impact of BP Oil Spill
Marine Biologist Nancy Rabalais Wins MacArthur Genius Grant
Former BP Engineer Arrested in Connection with Gulf of Mexico Spill
Tiger Sharks Dine on Migrating Birds
Top of the Hour: BP Sues Halliburton Over Gulf Oil Spill, Morning Headlines
Should Penn State Set Up a Victims’ Compensation Fund?
The Conservative Divide Over the Border Fence
Can the Bluefin Bounce Back?
Coal and Oil Shape Cultural Stereotypes
Ken Feinberg on Gulf Spill Claimants’ Complaints
Diluting Dispersant
Code Red for Gulf Coral
Dude, Where’s the Oil?
NOAA Signed Off on Gulf Drilling Plans
Dispersant Discussion
The Need for Seaweed
Whale Sharks in the Gulf
Lake of Significance
How to Describe the Disaster?
Biggest Brains in Biggest Danger
The Smallest Clean Up Crew
Methane in the Gulf
The Ixtoc Precedent
Worker Safety in the Gulf
A Clean Energy Wake-up Call from the Gulf
The Gulf’s Other Deep Sea Wealth
Eureka, they found it, unfortunately