Capt. Chris Mowad and his crew fishing onboard the Best Trait out of Orange Beach, Alabama have set a new fishing record for the largest blue marlin ever caught in the Gulf of Mexico when they reeled in a 1,145-pound grander blue marlin. This is a once-in-a-lifetime catch. The 1,145-pound blue

Author: Carolyn Gramling / Source: Science News for Students Call Hurricane Michael the October surprise. This fast-moving cyclone strengthened unusually quickly — in less than two days. Then, it slammed into the Florida panhandle on October 10. The panhandle is a curving coastline surrounding

Author: Megan Molteni / Source: WIRED After gathering strength from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico overnight, Hurricane Michael blasted across the Florida Panhandle Wednesday afternoon, pummeling the area with winds up to 155 miles per hour. That makes the Category 4 hurricane one of the

Authored by Nick Cunningham via OilPrice.com, The Trump administration is hoping to slash regulations on offshore oil drilling that were implemented after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster that killed nearly a dozen people and led to an oil leak that spewed for months. According to the Wall

Authored by James Howard Kunstler via Kunstler.com, 2017 was the kind of year when no amount of showers could wash off the feeling of existential yeccchhhhh that crept over you day after day like jungle rot. You needed to go through the carwash without your car… or maybe an acid bath would get the