Denise Gutzmer2d ago

Severe U.S. drought undermined Gulf fisheries, raising food security concerns

A severe and prolonged U.S. drought in the late 1980s played a central role in one of the largest fisheries declines ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico.

#drought #MississippiRiver #GulfOfMexico #fisheries #FoodSecurity

https://news.miami.edu/rosenstiel/stories/2026/03/severe-us-drought-undermined-gulf-fisheries-raising-food-security-concerns.html

Severe U.S. drought undermined Gulf fisheries, raising food security concerns

Reduced Mississippi river flow weakened the base of the marine food web, triggering cascading fishery losses

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬3d ago
Administration to Convene ‘God Squad’ With Power to Override #Environmental #Law
Trump admin plans to convene so-called #GodSquad, a high-level federal panel that has the power to override protections under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct
The meeting, scheduled for March 31, will focus on #oil and #gas drilling in the #GulfOfMexico. It will be the first time in three decades that the group, officially called the #EndangeredSpeciesCommittee, will gather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/climate/god-squad-whales-gulf-oil.html
https://archive.ph/6pjrv
Administration to Convene ‘God Squad’ With Power to Override Environmental Law

The meeting, planned for this month, will focus on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

The New York Times
The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos6d ago

Trump Administration Approves Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Plan

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/climate/trump-bp-gulf-of-mexico-drilling.html

SimulacraMar 13
Today was iggles, wading birds, and whitecaps. #dogisland #florida #barrierisland #iphoneography #birds #gulfofmexico
Lucas BentleyMar 10
Gulf of Mexico

#sunset #beach #floridapanhandle #nature #coast #gulfofmexico
J.S. ClarkMar 4
Key-cophony: Sooty terns on Garden Key. Turn it up to 11. https://lone.earth/w/vihgGo12KFpTuN8jsdcsKC #drytortugas #floridakeys #fortjefferson #gulfofmexico #birds #nature (Trying out PeerTube as an alternative to the other one.)
Ternvasion '26

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J.S. ClarkMar 2
Once more unto the fortress, dear friends! #drytortugas #floridakeys #fortjefferson #gulfofmexico. Many more pix at https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCLXvR.
everton137Feb 18

According to the “don’t be evil” company that holds data on billions of people, we now also have the Gulf of America.

Who gets to decide what the world is called?

#Google #BigTech #DigitalSovereignty #GulfOfMexico #US

Hublai (charismatic megafauna)Feb 17
youtube.com/watch?v=dyk0... #Veracruz #Tampico #Tuxpan #Altamira #Coatzacoalcos on the #GulfOfCuba or #GulfOfMexico should significantly boost traffic through #Halifax and #StJohns as trans shipping points to #Arctic and Northern #Europe, avoiding all #USport. www.marineinsight.com/know-more/10...

SHOCKING: CANADA AND MEXICO JO...
SHOCKING: CANADA AND MEXICO JOIN FORCES - USA SHUT OUT

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Lucas BentleyFeb 12
Heron at beach
#heron #beach #whitesand #GulfOfMexico #nature #wildlife