North Atlantic Ocean

Earth's internal heat driving Greenland's ice melt

 An international team of geoscientists has found that Greenland sits over an area of abnormally hot mantle material that drives a widespread melting beneath the ice sheet and rapid ice flow over a distance of several hundred kms.

Apr 08, 2016, 16:28 PM IST

North Atlantic played key role in last climate transition

The North Atlantic Ocean played a key role in the last climate transition, says a study providing valuable insights into why large continental ice-sheets first grew in North America and Scandinavia some 2.7 million years ago.

Apr 05, 2016, 22:55 PM IST

Sailing in 2018 - Bigger, better, safer Titanic

The brain behind Titanic II is Australian billionaire Clive Palmer and his firm, Blue Star Line.

Feb 10, 2016, 15:19 PM IST

See pic: NASA's image of the day - Phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic

NASA has unveiled a stunning image of phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic, taken in late September.  

Dec 11, 2015, 17:30 PM IST