NCEI archives and provides access to environmental data collected from the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf is an economically and ecologically productive region that is particularly vulnerable to human impact due to oil drilling and intense fishing. It is a regionally and globally important body of water that connects to the Gulf Stream system via the Florida Current, and features a diverse collection of aquatic habitats. Data archives include extensive collections of temperature and salinity decadal climatologies, marine resources, near real-time bottom dissolved oxygen, socioeconomic activity and other aspects of the Gulf of Mexico.