Sørvágsvatn, the largest lake in the Faroe Islands, which is also known as Leitisvatn, lies above the Atlantic Ocean and is ...

Right whales can also be difficult to spot from boats due to their dark-colored skin and lack of a dorsal fin.

Crews from US Coast Guard Cutter Munro returned to their home port in Alameda, California, on Sunday, March 1, following a ...

Scientists are tracking unseasonably large sargassum mats in the Atlantic. Where it will land, if at all, depends on winds ...

"Sunlight" beams off a partly cloudy Atlantic Ocean just after sunrise as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles ...

Europe is struggling more and more with extreme heat in the summer. While climate change is the main reason for this increase, what specific physical mechanisms cause a heat wave? One important driver ...

Until 1970, the US dumped an estimated 17,000 tons of unspent chemical weapons from World War I and II off the coast of the ...

Shifts in the Gulf Stream could help researchers predict the human-driven failure of a huge system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

The retreat of ice in the Barents Sea could be strengthening a key ocean current that regulates global climate.

A steep rocky island stands alone in the open sea. This scene was captured at Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Ireland. The ...

Far beneath the Atlantic Ocean, about 1,000 kilometers off Portugal’s coast, lies a colossal underwater canyon system that dwarfs even the Grand Canyon. Known as the King’s Trough Complex, this ...

A colossal shadow is moving across the ocean and hitting the shores of the Americas with record-breaking force.