The onset of a particularly strong El Niño was a primary driver of this year's Atlantic hurricane season forecast, and it seems to be panning out as meteorologists anticipated.

It was the company's third attempt at sending an unaided robotic boat across the Atlantic.

Tropical Storm Fay is currently in the Atlantic with 65 mph winds, moving westward. It's unlikely to strengthen into a hurricane due to strong vertical wind shear and dry air, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As three hurricanes swirl simultaneously in the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean remains quiet — even as the peak of hurricane season approaches next week. In fact, it’s been so calm across the Atlantic that a record will probably soon be set.

The Atlantic Ocean broke a six-decade record this year for the longest dry spell without a hurricane, according to forecasters. No hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic so far in 2026, marking the most prolonged period without a hurricane since the modern era of storm tracking began in 1966,

The year is 2060. London shudders through months of Nordic winter freezes. Across northern Europe, oak and beech forests wither under severe frost and drought, while cereal yields collapse from temperatures plunging as low as 27 degrees Fahrenheit below today's averages.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, carries warm water from the tropics northward, redistributing heat around the planet and helping keep Western Europe relatively mild. New research suggests that warming could push this system of ocean currents toward collapse if temperatures rise faster than the ocean can adjust.

A barrel oozing radioactive waste at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. (NODSSUM Campaign, CNRS, French Oceanographic Fleet) The second half of the 20th century was something of a golden age for nuclear technology.