There has been a lot of focus on hot sea surface temperatures around Florida, including the abnormally warm temperatures around the Florida Keys and Florida Straits so early this summer, but there is ...

The Loop Current is a flow of warm water that travels through the Gulf of America, past the Florida Keys, and up the Atlantic Seaboard. In this image from the NOAA Environmental Visualization Lab, the ...

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 ...

With the hurricane season now upon us, experts are saying 2022 could see another above-average year of activity. NOAA is predicting the possibility of three to six major hurricanes. There’s a lot of ...

Earlier this week we showed how NASA was keeping on eye on the Gulf of Mexico’s Loop Current. Today, Dr. Jeff Master’s of Weather Underground explains how a major re-alignment of the Loop Current is ...

A new study examines the circulation in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and sheds new light on the behavior of the Loop Current and Loop Current Eddies, the relation between the upper- and lower-layer ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

The loop current carries a stead stream of warm water into the Gulf, and makes an impact during hurricane season. Wind and density differences across the oceans result in various ocean currents all ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – The information in this story is dated to 5:44 p.m. Friday. For the latest on what has since become Tropical Storm Idalia, including its cone, models and more, click here. ORIGINAL: ...