In a coastal Maine beach town, mountains meet the Atlantic Ocean, and there's enough hiking, boating, and lobster rolls to ...

The average sea surface temperature was 53.66 degrees (12 degrees Celsius), more than 3.7 degrees above the 40-year average, the scientists said.

A lobster fishing boat heads out to sea at sunrise off shore from Portland, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP) This summer, the world's oceans have seen record-breaking warming.The global ocean is now ...

On this side of the pond, Maine ocean islands provide the only nesting sites for Atlantic puffins in the United States, islands like Eastern Egg Rock, Seal Island and Matinicus Rock.

The waters off New England had another warm year but didn't heat up as fast as earlier this decade, bucking a trend of higher warming worldwide, said scientists who study the Atlantic Ocean near ...

In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...

There is one animal present in our greater backyard that I urge everyone to try to see at least once in the wild − the Atlantic puffin. Now's the time to find Atlantic puffins in nearby Maine ...

When will a vital system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean collapse? Depends on whom you ask. New research suggests the currents that help shape the climate may be weakening more slowly than thought.