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

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

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

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.

Scientists Discover 117-Million-Year-Old Underwater Sediment Waves, Show How the Atlantic Ocean Formed The Atlantic Ocean ...

Nurse Sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) prefer to scour the bottom of the ocean searching for food and hiding in coral reefs.

We're watching for early signals ahead of hurricane season to know how much activity is expected this year. Here's how water ...

A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column, ...

Rescuers only recovered the bodies of 337 of the 1,500-plus passengers and crew who died in the disaster. Around one-third of ...

The Atlantic Ocean was formed by the dramatic break-up ... and ‘contourite drifts’ – mud mounds that form under strong bottom currents. Imagine one-kilometre-long waves, a few hundred ...

Titanic artifacts are brought to the surface, cleaned off, and delivered to an anonymous storage facility in northern Atlanta ...

Scientists reveal new details about the 5.3-million-year-old flood, which triggered earthquakes, generated tropical-storm ...