STRAITS OF FLORIDA — At 2 a.m., oceanographer Ryan Smith was headed into his 12th hour of work with little sleep when trouble started. From the rear deck of the University of Miami’s research boat, he ...

Originating the South Atlantic and Caribbean Ocean, the Florida Current is formed when the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current and the Yucatan Current come together. The strong current that is formed carries ...

Lisa Beal, professor of ocean sciences at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School, (center) shows one of the sensors that will monitor the Florida Current to undergraduate oceanography students.

The Florida Current, which forms the start of the Gulf Stream, has slowed over the past century and is the slowest it has been at any point in the past 110 years, a new study reveals. Researchers have ...