Gulf Coast

The annual forecast for the “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which president Trump has renamed the Gulf of America, predicts the section of water where oxygen is unnaturally low will be about average in size this year.

Researchers predict rising seas will increase severe flood risks for about 2.5 million Americans by 2050.

In a legal setback for fossil fuel advocates, a federal court has invalidated a large offshore oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, ruling Thursday in favor of environmental groups that sued to block the lease after it was scheduled for auction in 2023.

Floating cages with fish by the thousands may be popping in the Gulf of Mexico under a controversial plan that was backed by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration four years ago and is likely to gain traction again after Trump begins his second term next month.

Some say this coastal Mississippi town doesn’t exist anymore, wiped off the map due to repeated storms. But to its residents, it’s still alive and well.

Punching two more channels upriver from the Bonnet Carré Spillway could bolster habitat nearby while lessening the environmental harm caused farther south, according to a recent Tulane University study.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why wind energy companies are interested in building turbines on the state’s gulf coast. And we learn what Louisiana's congressional district map could look like after the state legislature embarks on the redistricting process.

Many emergency rooms in the Gulf States region don’t have enough nurses to meet the demands of patients. Then, we hear about Archie Manning's career on NOLA Life Stories, the Historic New Orleans Collection's first person narrative series.

Author and activist John Barry is our first guest today, and he joins us to discuss his continued fight to protect Louisiana's coastal wetlands and hold…

New Orleans native and local fine arts photographer Michel Varisco developed a curiosity about the Gulf Coast region at a young age. With a mother who...