Although events in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans can develop independently, scientists say the two basins can influence one another through changes in the atmosphere.

El Niño may drive California’s winter weather, but Atlantic La Niña and warm ocean waters could add complexity to the ...

A rare ocean pattern is developing as El Niño strengthens in the Pacific. Here’s how the two climate signals could influence ...

Melting and breaking icebergs in the far-off northeastern Pacific Ocean can weaken a massive current system in the Atlantic ...

The pairing has drawn attention because it brings together opposite ocean temperature anomalies in different basins that can ...

The eastern tropical Pacific Ocean is known for its large low-oxygen zones that are increasing in size, putting marine life at risk. New research shows that 15 million years ago, the opposite was true ...

The Pacific Ocean is by far the world's largest ocean, more than five times wider than our moon. But why is the Pacific so big? The predecessor of the Pacific Ocean was Panthalassa, or the ...

The eastern tropical Pacific Ocean is known for its large low-oxygen zones that are increasing in size, putting marine life at risk. New research shows that 15 million years ago, the opposite was true ...

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 ...

A warming Atlantic is intensifying heat domes across Europe and North America, while a strengthening El Nino is weakening India's southwest monsoon. The twin ocean shifts are driving dangerous heat, a ...