A 6.5 magnitude earthquake has struck in open waters of the Atlantic Ocean and was felt throughout the eastern Caribbean.

The consequences of a warming climate are known to be dangerous for marine ecosystems, with environmental changes like ocean acidification and warming, disrupted nutrient supplies, and rising sea levels.

National Hurricane System forecasters say there's an 80% chance of tropical depression formation within 48 hours and a 90% chance within 7 days.

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake has struck in open waters of the Atlantic Ocean and was felt throughout the eastern Caribbean.

Tropical Storm Lorenzo is beginning to weaken after it formed early Monday in the central tropical Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

Four unoccupied Outer Banks homes collapsed Tuesday morning into the Atlantic Ocean, increasing the tally to 15 homes that have tumbled this year. All of the homes all had Buxton addresses. Two fell in the 15-minute window between 10:45 and 11 a.

Joost Pompert, the owner of Falkland Islands-based Georgia Seafood, has claimed that longstanding territorial disputes between Argentina and the U.K. have allowed China’s squid-fishing fleet to overfish in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean.

Hurricane Melissa, which struck Jamaica with record-tying 185 mph winds Tuesday, was a beast that stood out as extreme even in a record number of monster storms spawned over the last decade in a superheated Atlantic Ocean.