The Atlantic is at risk of circulation collapse – it would mean even greater climate chaos across Europe

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation is a key reason why Europe’s climate has been stable for thousands of years

Atlantic hurricane season 2023: El Nino and extreme Atlantic Ocean heat are about to clash

The Atlantic Coast should be rooting for El Niño to develop as forecast, since such events often reduce hurricane impacts there

South Africa’s massive ‘sardine run’ leads fish into an ecological trap

One popular explanation for why the sardine run occurs is that the migration might be a relic of spawning behaviour dating back to the last …

Climate crisis is already affecting the Brazilian Amazon

The population of pink dolphins in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve, fell by 65 per cent between 1994 and 2016; dolphins …

Six tropical storms whirling over Atlantic and Pacific

The combined number of active storms has reportedly tied a modern record, set in September 1992

It’s only getting worse: New WMO report flags intensifying climate crisis in Latin America & Caribbean

2020 was a year of unprecedented heatwaves, droughts, forest fires, cyclones and food insecurity for the region  

Quake strikes Haiti; 1,200 killed, emergency declared

Earthquake in Haiti a wake-up call for India, says expert

Atlantic collapse: Q&A with scientists behind controversial study predicting a colder Europe

Physicist Peter Ditlevsen and his sister, the statistician Susanne Ditlevsen, on findings that have stirred controversy in some quarters

Disaster, opulence and the merciless ocean: Why the Titanic disaster continues to enthral

Titanic movies and exhibitions are popular because audiences enjoy the voyeurism of gazing at the ship’s beautiful furnishings, the …

Hurricane Irma: things you must know about one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes ever

For the Caribbean nations, it is bringing back the memories of Hurricane Matthew that killed more than 500 people in Haiti in 2016

Hurricane hunters are flying through Ian’s powerful winds to forecast intensity – here’s what happens when the plane plunges into the eyewall of a storm

A storm that isn’t yet fully together might have low-level circulation, a few kilometers above the ocean

NOAA releases aerial images of area affected by Hurricane Lee

Another storm named Hurricane Nigel is brewing over the central Atlantic

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La Niña is finishing an extremely unusual three-year cycle — here’s how it affected weather around the world

It’s hard to know exactly what climate change will mean for El Niños and La Niñas

Microplastic in Atlantic: Ocean lab near Bermuda Triangle

Scientists on expedition find 29 pieces of plastic, of which 23 are micro plastic, in the Atlantic Gyre

Large quartz dust particles found in the middle of the North Atlantic

The mere existence of these particles at this location cannot be explained by conventional climate change models

A crab’s coup strategy

Control reproduction of competing species

Hurricane Ida turned into a monster thanks to a giant warm patch in the Gulf of Mexico — here’s what happened

Edies during the hurricane season can spell disaster for coastal communities around the Gulf

40th Indian scientific expedition to Antarctica launched

Apart from its scientific mission, the expedition shall carry out the humanitarian responsibility of relieving the 48-strong winter crew from …

Hurricane Dorian: A big, slow and very unpredictable storm

The Category 5 hurricane is moving at 1.5 km/hr and can hit any one out of five southern US states

Africa: The least responsible, but most vulnerable to climate change

More than 2,000 natural disasters have hit Africa since 1970 affecting 500 million people and killing 0.9 million

Stormy September: Several tropical storms turn into typhoons, hurricanes

Super typhoon Noru is battering Philippines, while Floridians in US are gearing up for hurricane Ian

Are hurricanes strengthening more rapidly?

Just having the right water temperature and moisture won’t ensure that storms will undergo rapid intensification or become major …

How aerosol formation helps brighten clouds, balance climate

The formation of new particle covers about 40 per cent of the Earth’s surface

Hurricanes, wildfires further endanger these threatened species in US, Caribbean

With extreme climate events showing no signs of ebbing, preservation of species can no longer be left to the whims of nature