When the plate boundary later moved farther south toward the modern Azores, the formation of the King’s Trough also came to a halt.” It’s a remarkable example of how activity deep within our planet’s ...

The King's Trough Complex is a several-hundred-kilometer-long, canyon-like system of trenches on the North Atlantic seafloor.

UPDATE: Big weekend nor’easter to bring light snow, strong winds to parts of state The Jersey Shore is increasingly likely to ...

In the realm of marine biogeography, there is a widely held scientific principle: the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans are ...

Surfing the world's biggest waves takes a certain kind of commitment. Whether it's paddling undeterred into an over-sized XL bomb, or letting go of the rope on an 80-to-90 foot monster, there's a ...

Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary.

A fishing vessel that went missing off the coast of Massachusetts was carrying seven people, a state senator said Friday.

A blast of arctic air is expected to sweep across the southeastern United States this weekend, unleashing hazardous blizzard conditions as it sweeps over the Atlantic Ocean and explodes into a coastal ...

Forecasts for snow, gale-force winds and coastal flooding stretch from the Southeast along the Atlantic Coast.

WTOP’s Matt Kaufax takes an even deeper dive into the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s “Ocean Library” through DNA ...

Millions of tons of plastic in the ocean aren't floating in plain sight—they're invisible. Scientists have now confirmed that the most abundant form of plastic in the Atlantic is in the form of ...