As another example, rising salt levels in the ocean might make it harder for oxygen and nutrients to move between surface and deeper waters, reducing its ability to support plant and algae growth.

The Atlantic Ocean, in terms of area, is just behind the Pacific Ocean, with an area of around 107 million square kilometers.

The North Pacific and the South Pacific. The world’s second largest ocean is the Atlantic Ocean. It covers about a quarter of the Earth. To the west of the Atlantic Ocean are the continents of ...

The first image here is not a bowl of spaghetti, though it may perhaps look like one. They are not ramen noodles nor elbow ...

This is similar to the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean, which is a hotbed of volcanic activity. As the Atlantic has grown, the Pacific has shrunk. In order for the Atlantic to shrink ...

A thin stretch of the eastern Pacific Ocean has been getting colder for ... scientists wondering how long that will hold”, said The Atlantic. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good ...

The Atlantic Ocean is cooling at an exponential ... ahead of the expected transition to a much cooler La Niña in the Pacific ...

Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) is a metric that doesn’t just tally storms; it measures the total energy they produce. ACE ...

A new study has revealed significant acceleration in the upper-ocean circulation of the equatorial Pacific over the past ... in collaboration with NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological ...

Things are calm in the Atlantic Ocean for now, however that could change ... northwestward over the western portion of the eastern Pacific basin. The hurricane center gives this system a 60 ...