mexico, gulf of

"Tells the larger narrative of the American Sea--from the sportfish that brought the earliest tourists to Gulf shores to Hollywood's engagement with the first offshore oil wells"--Dust jacket.

"When a dive off the coast of Alabama goes horribly wrong, twelve-year-old Julie and one of her father's scuba clients struggle to survive after reaching an abandoned oil rig"--Provided by publisher.

"After an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico destroys three oil rigs trying to revive a dying field, Kurt Austin and the NUMA Special Projects Team are tapped by the President of the United States to find out what's gone wrong. The trail leads them to a brilliant billionaire in the alternative energy field. Her goal is the end of the oil age; her company has spent billions developing the worlds' most advanced fuel-cell systems. But is she an environmental hero...or a rogue genetic engineer?"--.

When a dive off the coast of Alabama goes horribly wrong, twelve-year-old Julie and one of her father's scuba clients struggle to survive after reaching an abandoned oil rig.

When a dive off the coast of Alabama goes horribly wrong, twelve-year-old Julie and one of her father's scuba clients struggle to survive after reaching an abandoned oil rig.

When painter Winslow Homer first sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, he was struck by its "special kind of providence." Indeed, the Gulf presented itself as America?s sea?bound by geography, culture, and tradition to the national experience?and yet, there has never been a comprehensive history of the Gulf until now. And so, in this rich and original work that explores the Gulf through our human connection with the sea, environmental historian Jack E. Davis finally places this exceptional region into the American mythos in a sweeping history that extends from the Pleistocene age to the twenty-first century.

Describes the waters, landscape, natural resources, plants, animals, and sometimes dangerous weather of the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast, as well as some of its fun activities.

When a storm damages an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana, Aquaman springs into action to keep the oil from leaking into the ocean. Once he arrives, however, Aquaman realizes the Black Manta is stealing the oil and bringing it to his submarine.

Explores the geology, weather patterns, ecology, and civilization in and around the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Describes the water, landscape, natural resources, plants, animals, and sometimes dangerous weather of the Gulf of Mexico and Gulf Coast as well as the fun activities you can do.