A warm blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate could be weakening.

Heriot-Watt scientists have discovered giant underwater mud waves buried deep below the Atlantic Ocean, 400 kilometers off ...

Located 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) below today’s seabed, the wavy sediments were formed during the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway ...

The Atlantic Ocean may have formed millions of years earlier than previously thought, igniting a period of climate change, scientists found.

In the waters off New England, one of Earth's rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale ...

For our new study, we reviewed the literature on the movements of marine migratory species from 1990 to 2017. We synthesised ...

A long period of drought in North America has been recognized by scientists for decades. A new study links the severe climate to a change in Earth's orbit.

The University of South Florida College of Marine Science estimated the sargassum blob to be around 13 million tons – a ...

This North Atlantic right whale, named "Bowtie," was spotted feeding in southern Maine waters in January 2025. A new ...

The Atlantic Ocean was formed by the dramatic break-up of the supercontinent Pangea, splintering our planet into drifting landmasses that would become the continents we know today. Now, the ...

Usually, we hear all about record-warm ocean water temperatures in the North Atlantic. So far this spring ... of low pressure located near Central America. Later in the season, attention turns ...

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in the Atlantic Ocean, may have temporarily sped up—with a little help from ...