Science news articles about 'gulf coast'

  • Gustav slams Cuba on way to U.S. Gulf Coast

    ... Cuba with 150-mile-per-hour (240 km per hour) winds on Saturday, smashing buildings and flattening fields as it surged toward the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico and the U.S. Gulf Coast beyond.
  • Bays on US Gulf Coast vulnerable to flooding

    ... review ever undertaken of the upper U.S. Gulf Coast suggests that a combination of rising seas and ... monograph published by the GSA, "Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change ...
  • Bays on US Gulf Coast vulnerable to flooding

    ... comprehensive geological review ever undertaken of the upper U.S. Gulf Coast suggests that a combination of rising seas and dammed rivers could flood large swaths of wetlands this century in ...
  • Bays On US Gulf Coast Vulnerable To Flooding

    ... most comprehensive geological review ever undertaken of the upper US Gulf Coast suggests that a combination of rising seas and dammed rivers could flood large swaths of wetlands this century ...
  • Fay moves for Gulf Coast after drenching Florida

    ... (Reuters) - Energy traders watched Tropical Storm Fay drench Florida Friday as it approached the Gulf of Mexico where it could disrupt oil and natural gas production and refining facilities next week.
  • Hurricane Gustav to Become Gulf Coast Monster?

    The once and future Hurricane Gustav—currently a tropical storm—could become supercharged if a developing high-pressure system deflects it into the central Gulf of Mexico.
  • New Orleans levee under threat as Gustav tears into US coast

    Hurricane Gustav slammed into the US Gulf Coast Monday, driving a surge of water to the lip of the levees protecting New Orleans officials said almost exactly three years ...
  • Wetlands restoration not a panacea for Louisiana coast

    ... Society of America (SSSA), American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, this week in Houston, Texas ...
  • Tornado threat increases as Gulf hurricanes get larger

    Tornadoes that occur from hurricanes moving inland from the Gulf Coast are increasing in frequency, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This increase seems to reflect the ...
  • Satellite imagery confirms Ida's low is finally moving away from the east coast

    ... are easing along the Mid-Atlantic U.S. coast today, it is leaving behind a great deal of ... advisories remain in effect for portions of the central Gulf coast, the southeastern U.S. and the Mid-Atlantic ...
  • Sunflower debate ends in Mexico, researchers say

    ... early domesticated remains of sunflower a decade ago during an excavation of the San Andrés site in the modern-day Gulf Coast state of Tabasco. Alvarado found more evidence for domesticated ...
  • Respiratory issues rise after Katrina

    WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said complaints of respiratory illness among Gulf Coast children increased after Hurricane Katrina.
  • Early origins of maize in Mexico

    ... food. Jones and his co-workers analyzed the sediments from San Andrés, in the state of Tabasco on the Mexican Gulf Coast. Analysis of area sediments revealed phytoliths of ...
  • La Nina Easing, May Reduce Hurricane Risk

    La Nina, the cooling of water in the tropical Pacific ocean, is fizzling out. This may be beneficial to the East and Gulf coasts with hurricane season underway.
  • Building a better telecom system

    ... on disaster damage and restoration of telecommunications systems," says Kwasinski. "My survey of the Gulf coast after Katrina showed how devastating a single downed line or incapacitated substation ...

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