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New Report Calls for Comprehensive Research Campaign to Better Understand, Predict Gulf of Mexico's Loop Current System

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 ...
Miami Herald

How a red-hot patch in the Gulf could make Hurricane Helene stronger as it nears Florida

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 ...
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Understanding Gulf Ocean Systems Initiative Marks 10,000 Profiles of the Loop Current

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 ...
Reuters

Oil threat recedes for US East Coast, much of Fla.

* Dire predictions failed to materialize * BP oil won't reach loop current, Gulf Stream current MIAMI, July 30 (Reuters) - South Florida, the Florida Keys and the U.S. East Coast will likely be spared ...