Coordinated Satellite Tracking Guides Seasonal Forecasts Monitoring the belt has become a joint effort among NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite Data, Information Service, and the...

Nitrogen isotopes trapped in microfossil shells show that a failing biological pump in the ancient Southern Ocean amplified global warming. Deep-sea microfossils reveal that a breakdown in the Southern Ocean biological pump drove intense greenhouse...

Scientists have detected a massive 37.5 million-ton bloom of Sargassum seaweed stretching across the Atlantic Ocean, from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico. For decades, the presence of Sargassum in the Atlantic was a predictable, albeit fluctuating,...

Ocean Institute “This discovery shows why exploration still matters,” Aaron Micallef said. “Even in the Atlantic Ocean, where plate boundaries have been studied for decades, there are still places where the first close look can reveal something entirely...

Continents slowly shed their deep roots during breakup, sending ancient mantle material beneath the oceans and creating enriched volcanic activity. Ocean volcanoes often erupt lavas with chemical signatures that seem too old and too enriched to come...

their current state and impact. More than 200,000 barrels containing radioactive waste have rested on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean for decades, a silent legacy of mid-century industrial disposal. Recent deep-sea investigations have revealed that...

French scientists uncover rusted radioactive waste barrels three miles deep in the Atlantic, untouched for decades. When France launched its inaugural reactor, Zoé, in 1948, it immediately faced a new problem: how to manage the byproducts of nuclear...

A journey through the mysterious, vanishing landscape of a sea where there is nowhere left to stand, revealing the environmental reality behind the phrase. The Sargasso Sea remains a geographic anomaly, a vast expanse of ocean defined not by...

unexpected biological findings, demonstrating that the ocean’s largest habitat remains largely uncharted. “Even in the Atlantic Ocean, where plate boundaries have been studied for decades, there are still places where the first close look can reveal...

Scientists exploring a deep-sea canyon off the coast of South America have discovered dozens of previously unknown species in the ocean’s midnight zone. Marine biologists have unveiled a trove of previously undocumented biodiversity from the depths of...

Divers still risk everything to explore the 70‑year‑old Andrea Doria wreck, salvaging artifacts the ocean hasn’t claimed. More than seven decades after the Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria slipped beneath the Atlantic, a new wave of divers is racing...

from Getty Images / Canva Four Potential Futures for the Planet’s Landmasses Novopangea: This scenario suggests the Atlantic Ocean continues to widen while the Pacific closes, causing the Americas to merge with other continents and Australia to migrate...

the Atlantic, sparking viral comparisons to SpongeBob and Patrick. Researchers conducting a deep-sea exploration in the Atlantic Ocean have captured a striking image that seems to have leaped straight from the pages of a cartoon. During a mission led by...

How the 1858 transatlantic cable, hailed as a marvel, failed within weeks—tracing the blame to the very man tasked with its upkeep. In August 1858 a pioneering undersea line linked Ireland with Newfoundland, establishing the inaugural electrical bridge...

substances. In February 2023 the Brazilian Navy carried out a “planned and controlled sinking” of the São Paulo in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 350 km off Brazil’s coast in water about 5,000 m deep. Reuters reported that officials argued an uncontrolled...

Sharks are now science allies, helping researchers uncover hidden ocean data in a groundbreaking study that reveals an unexpected side of these predators. A team from the University of Delaware is turning apex predators into mobile ocean observatories,...

Deep-sea cameras have captured tiny hitchhikers clinging to giant spiders, potentially solving a long-standing mystery about life on the ocean floor. Deep-sea explorers have captured rare footage of tiny amphipods hitching a ride on the limbs of giant...

same time, the air became unusually dry. Scientists linked these conditions to warmer-than-normal waters in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. When ocean temperatures rise, they can disturb normal wind and rainfall patterns. In this case,...

Ancient shark teeth found deep in the Atlantic are turning black, revealing a surprising secret about the metal-rich environments where they fossilize. Roughly 1,000 kilometers off the Brazilian coastline, a vast, submerged plateau hides a wealth of...

subsea cable backed by a tech giant is set to redefine internet speeds, stretching thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean floor. Meta has announced plans to deploy a massive piece of telecommunications infrastructure beneath the Atlantic...