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

A groundbreaking study reveals the alarming presence of 27 million tons of nanoplastics in the North Atlantic Ocean, posing ...

A tropical wave moving across the Atlantic Ocean has no chance of further development as environmental conditions became more ...

The Atlantic hurricane season is off to a fast start with three named systems by the beginning of July; Andrea developed in ...

While environmental conditions were marginally conducive for some development, forecasters said development would be slow and ...

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

NASA astronaut Gus Grissom completed the second successful human spaceflight mission for the United States of America. His ...

An influential current system in the Atlantic Ocean, which plays a vital role in redistributing heat throughout our planet's climate system, is now moving more slowly than it has in at least 1,600 ...

The Atlantic Ocean is extremely warm right now—fuel for gnarlier hurricanes. But will a burgeoning El Niño butt in and stop the storms before they start?

A Delta jet experienced engine problems on what was supposed to be a trans-Atlantic flight and landed on an island in the middle of the ocean, leading to a more than 31-hour delay, officials said ...

A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents may be approaching collapse, which scientists warn will have a dangerous impact on our global climate. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ...

When Tropical Storm Andrea made its 12-hour appearance in the middle of the northern Atlantic Ocean earlier this week, it ended the longest wait for a named storm in the basin since the 2014 season.