In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, featureless oceans. Beneath the waves, the ocean floor was largely unknown ...

The collapse of a crucial network of Atlantic Ocean currents could push parts of the world into a deep freeze ... The scientists have created an interactive map to visualize the impacts of an AMOC ...

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean basin on Earth, covering an area of around 41 million square miles, according to National Ocean Service. This ocean basin makes up 20% of the Earth ...

How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? ... Toward the back of the room stands a large, yellowing map of the world that he scavenged in the basement. Susanne is at the head of the table.

The vast stretch of ocean between the Americas and Europe may be about to close soon—on a geological timescale. Just before the continents begin to drift back together, an "Atlantic ring of fire ...

They lived and worked with the crew last month as it mapped the Atlantic Ocean floor 1,500 feet below on an 186-foot research vessel off the coast of South Carolina.