The Latest Breaking News from North Atlantic

The North Atlantic Ocean has been running a fever for months, with surface temperatures at or near record highs. But cooling along the equator in both the Atlantic and eastern Pacific may finally be starting to bring some relief, particularly for vulnerable coral reef ecosystems.

There are fewer than 400 of critically endangered species left and sighting gives ‘glimmer of hope’

The North Atlantic hurricane season, which starts on June 1, is forecast to be "extraordinary," with up to seven storms of Category 3 or higher expected, the US NOAA weather agency said Thursday.

Female right whales may never breed after entanglement in fishing gear, a new study has found.

Study reveals devastating impacts of entanglements on North Atlantic right whales, highlighting urgent need for ropeless fishing gear.

Learn about the threats facing critically endangered North Atlantic right whales and efforts to protect them from ship strikes and fishing gear entanglement.

The current drought situation in the Amazon, which has taken on a new level of severity this year, is influenced by two exceptional climatic conditions: the abnormally high temperature of the North Atlantic waters and the presence of the El Niño phenomenon. Despite these remarkable climatic conditions, however, the human…

As renewable energy production expands across the U.S., the environmental impacts of these new sources are receiving increased attention. In a recent report, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examined whether and how constructing offshore wind farms in the Nantucket Shoals region, southeast of Massachusetts, could affect critically…

North Atlantic right whales are being killed in collisions with vessels that are flouting go-slow zones in US waters, report warns