A team of researchers from across the globe will drill into the sea bed about 30 miles southeast of Martha's Vineyard to pull samples of water they think might be fresh.

Deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa, scientists have uncovered enormous fossilized mud waves buried more than 1,000 meters beneath the seafloor. These giant sediment structures,

A new study gives alarming glimpse into the future, as some scientists warn these currents could be just decades from collapse.

According to geologists at the UK’s Heriot Watt University, gigantic waves of mud and sand sediment about 250 miles off the coast of Guinea-Bissau in West Africa indicate the Atlantic Ocean actually formed around four million years earlier than previous estimates.

New research has linked sea level rise and an increase in flooding in the U.S. Northeast over the past 20 years to the breakdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).

In a miraculous twist of fate, four Nigerian stowaways were rescued on the Atlantic Ocean after being thrown overboard by the crew of a foreign vessel.The young men, seeking to escape Nigeria’s economic challenges,

The seals were rescued on Block Island between late March and early April. After weeks of rehabilitation, they returned to their natural habitat on Wednesday.

The start of the Atlantic hurricane season is still over a week away. However, forecasters are tracking the season's first tropical wave in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean.