Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about 106,460,000 km². It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe and Asia from the "New World" of the Americas in the European perception of the World. The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and the Americas to the west. As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south.

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Astounding New 3D Images Reveal Ancient Asteroid Crater Hidden Beneath Atlantic Ocean

Large patch of the Atlantic Ocean near the equator has been cooling at record speeds — and scientists can't figure out why

Matching dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean

Researchers led by SMU paleontologist find matching dinosaur footprints on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean

How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World

Butterflies cross Atlantic ocean on 2,600-mile non-stop flight never recorded in any insect before

Reimagining Earth’s Surface: The Gibraltar Subduction Zone Is Invading the Atlantic Ocean

Sleeping subduction zone could awaken and form a new 'Ring of Fire' that swallows the Atlantic Ocean

A Tectonic Twist: How Gibraltar Could Close the Atlantic Ocean

If the Atlantic Ocean Loses Circulation, What Happens Next?

Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds

Atlantic Ocean is headed for a tipping point − once melting glaciers shut down the Gulf Stream, we would see extreme climate change within decades, study shows

PFAS flow equally between Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Ocean

North Atlantic Oscillation contributes to 'cold blob' in Atlantic Ocean

Chilling Forecast: Scientists Predict a Collapse of the Atlantic Ocean Current

North Atlantic Ocean has reached record-high surface temperatures

About 13,000 years ago, the water outflow from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic Ocean was twice that of today’s

Deep-sea devices detect earthquakes, singing whales and explosions of a sinking ship — 50 highly-sensitive seismometers were placed on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, in a quest to depict the Earth’s interior down to ~2,800 km depth