Gulf of Mexico

satellite photo of the continental United States with the rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri watershed highlighted; all the rivers eventually drain into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana

NASA Scientific Visualization Studio

July 31, 2025

What Do Trump’s Attacks on NOAA Have to Do with the Gulf Dead Zone?

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

U.S. Coast Guard

January 26, 2022

What I Said—and Wish I’d Had a Chance to Say—When I Testified on Future Oil and Gas Drilling in Gulf of Mexico

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

August 19, 2021

Louisiana Policymakers: To Solve the Dead Zone, Climate Change, and COVID-19, Embrace Equitable, Science-Based Policies Now

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Satellite view of Gulf of Mexico

Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC

September 11, 2020

Ask an Expert: Reviving the Gulf of Mexico’s Dead Zone

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

Thomas Millot/Unsplash

August 28, 2020

Big, Colliding Problems in Gulf and Elsewhere Need Science-Based Solutions Now

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Southern Foodways Alliance/Flickr

August 4, 2020

Pollution, Hurricanes, and the Pandemic Spell Trouble for Gulf Shrimp and Seafood Industries

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Billy Metcalf Photography/Flickr

June 29, 2020

Reviving the Gulf Dead Zone Is Worth it: Our New Report Shows the Benefits of Action

Rebecca Boehm
Former Contributor

Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium

August 3, 2017

Dead Zone 2017: Even Worse than Predicted (and That's an Understatement)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Photo courtesy National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

June 14, 2017

This Summer’s Gulf “Dead Zone” Could Be Bigger Than Connecticut—and Trump’s Budget Cuts Would Make It Worse

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

May 2, 2014

How Much Did Sea Levels Rise Over the Past 50 Years? A Lot If You Live on the U.S. Gulf or East Coasts

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff