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Forecasters tracking new disturbance in Atlantic as Cat 5 Erin expected to triple in size

Forecasters are tracking a new disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Erin, a Category 5 storm, undergoes an eyewall ...

Earth scientists reveal how Atlantic Ocean circulation has changed over the past 12,000 years

Using geochemical analyses of marine sediments, researchers have been able to quantitatively reconstruct the Atlantic ...

Atlantic braces for potential 100ft ocean waves next week

Jean-Raymond Bidlot, senior scientist in ocean modeling at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ...

Man Survives for 76 Days on Raft in Atlantic Ocean Despite 'Scary' Shark Encounters, Only 8 oz. of Water (Exclusive)

Steve Callahan's life changed when his boat took on water in 1982, causing him to flee to his life raft. For the next 76 days ...

Ocean anomalies traveling north crucial for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Anomalies in temperature and salinity that originate in the midlatitude North Atlantic can affect the Atlantic Meridional ...

Flight headed to Rome diverts back to airport while over the Atlantic Ocean

American Airlines flight 720 left Charlotte at 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday and was scheduled to land in Rome, Italy, at 9:50 a.m.

Deepest-ever Indian dive: Two aquanauts reach record depths in Atlantic, prep for Samudrayaan Mission

In a first for the country, two Indian aquanauts have taken dives to depths of nearly 4,000 metres and 5,000 metres in the ...