Using geochemical analyses of marine sediments, researchers have been able to quantitatively reconstruct the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation over the past 12,000 years. The international research team,

Jean-Raymond Bidlot, senior scientist in ocean modeling at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) told Newsweek that Erin is forecast to strengthen over the next week as it heads toward the U.S. East Coast, reaching peak intensity offshore from Cape Hatteras.

Steve Callahan's life changed when his boat took on water in 1982, causing him to flee to his life raft. For the next 76 days, he floated 1,800 miles alone in an inflatable life raft, learning to fish and make water.

Flight 720 from Charlotte to Rome had to turn back over the Atlantic Ocean due to a possible mechanical issue.

American Airlines flight 720 left Charlotte at 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday and was scheduled to land in Rome, Italy, at 9:50 a.m. on Thursday, but was instead diverted back to the Charlotte airport. The plane was over the Atlantic Ocean when it diverted back to Charlotte, according to flight tracking data.

In a first for the country, two Indian aquanauts have taken dives to depths of nearly 4,000 metres and 5,000 metres in the Atlantic Ocean on board the French submersible Nautile — the deepest an Indian has ever gone underwater — as part of preparations for Samudrayaan,