New research provides alarming evidence this ocean circulation is slowing and could be heading toward a shutdown, which would have catastrophic impacts on the planet’s weather and climate.

The Atlantic Ocean has long been treated as a permanent fixture on world maps, a blue expanse separating North America from Europe and Africa. Yet a growing body of research suggests this basin is far ...

The National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of America for potential tropical developments as forecasters say it "won't be long" before the first Atlantic hurricane ...