The Atlantic Ocean is a massive body of water that is so huge that it seems like it must have always been there, but that is ...

A certain current in the Atlantic Ocean that is essential for temperature regulation is in danger of collapsing. The Atlantic ...

Nanoplastics entered the Atlantic via rivers, sunlight-driven plastic breakdown, and even through the air with rain or dust.

A tropical wave is interacting with a broad low pressure area to produce the showers and thunderstorms in the open Atlantic ...

Research on alien-like deep-sea jellyfish has hinted at a previously unknown barrier in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Water temperatures in the north Atlantic Ocean currently rival those normally seen during the summer months. By some estimates, this type of heat would only be seen once every 142,000 years.

Atlantic Ocean circulation is the weakest in at least 1,600 years, study finds – here's what that means for the climate By Jeff Berardelli February 26, 2021 / 3:29 PM EST / CBS News ...

The Atlantic Ocean was born ~150 million years ago when North and South America split from Africa and Europe. This process continues today with a mid-ocean ridge running down the middle of the ocean, ...

Climate and Environment Why the Earth’s past has scientists so worried about the Atlantic Ocean’s circulation October 12, 2015 More than 9 years ago ...

Ocean currents are driven by winds, tides and water density differences. In the Atlantic Ocean circulation, the relatively warm and salty surface water near the equator flows toward Greenland.

He argues that field observations of the Atlantic Ocean suggest that AMOC is in fact unstable. Between mid-2009 and mid-2010, AMOC appeared to weaken, with the current carrying only two-thirds of ...