From more frequent wildfires to rising sea levels, climate change is disrupting ecosystems and upending once-stable weather patterns. One particularly alarming consequence of rising global ...

Tropical cyclones typically drop large amounts of rain along and near the storm's path. The slower and more significant the ...

The Atlantic Basin encompasses the northern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. The NOAA and the National Hurricane Center are now using "Gulf of America" instead of "Gulf of ...

Big outbreaks of Saharan dust – tens of millions of tons of mineral dust hoisted from the sands of North Africa into the ...

Certain migratory species of sharks may remain swimming and feeding in Atlantic Ocean waters in areas of the northeast coast ...

Scan a modern sea-surface-temperature map and it looks like a painter spilled warm colors across the planet —except for one ...

Flooding in North Carolina prompted water rescues in Chapel Hill and other parts of the state, which saw the Haw River crest ...

In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

A region that stretches roughly from Greenland to Ireland, counterintuitively dubbed the North Atlantic warming hole, is a conspicuous patch of blue on global climate change maps. Researchers say ...

Chantal made landfall near Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, at approximately 4 a.m. July 6 and is moving inland over ...

Endangered North Atlantic right whales have been spotted off the coast of Cape Cod over the last week.

Here’s the story of Squilla, a rare North Atlantic right whale mother, and her firstborn. To help their species continue, they’d have to navigate an increasingly dangerous ocean.