The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is the system of currents responsible for shuttling warm water northward and colder, denser water to the south. This "conveyor belt" process helps redistribute heat,

Global warming continues to be more of an imminent threat as researchers have found we're close to yet another possible point of no return for the planet.

Rutgers University marine scientists are using New Jersey-developed tools to measure how iron shortages in Southern Ocean phytoplankton reduce photosynthetic efficiency and slow the conversion of light into oxygen.

The Atlantic Ocean is cooling at an exponential rate, and nobody is sure why. It's been more than a year of record-high global sea temperatures, including being close to the collapse of the AMOC. Despite those troubles, though, the Atlantic is now ...

With 2025's hurricane season just around the corner, meteorologists tracking the Atlantic Ocean are seeing an unexpected development. According to reporting by USA Today, a patch of the eastern Atlantic isn't warming at the same rate, which could have ...

He’s gonna need a bigger boat. A sailor’s record-setting quest to cross the Atlantic Ocean in the smallest boat ever ended in tears when the 3-foot 10-inch boat began taking on water shortly after his departure and smashed on a seawall as it was being ...

This discovery has shocked the masses and experts. This is not something you would expect to find under an ocean. It also makes sense in a way. It is buried under layers of rock and sand. It is massive. It does have experts a bit worried. Should the planet ...

Atlantic General Hospital is hosting its 32nd annual penguin swim in Ocean City, Maryland, on Jan. 1, 2026. Check out this guide to the big event.

So far, the efforts to observe the currents directly show they're weirder and more unpredictable than expected. On a Saturday morning in December of 2020, the RRS Discovery floated in calm waters just east of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the massive undersea ...

People ran into the Atlantic Ocean to kick off 2026 in the 21st annual Fenwick Freeze. Dozens of people jumped in-place to await the whistle that kicked off the event.

Sure, we all know there's always more fish in the sea. But there's also plenty more plastic garbage. Since 1957, scientific gear used to measure plankton in the north Atlantic Ocean has been clogged by plastic trash some 669 times. Almost all of those ...

A Russian lawmaker, Alexei Zhuravlev, has threatened nuclear retaliation against the US following the seizure of the Russian-flagged tanker 'Bella 1' by US forces in the North Atlantic ocean., World News,