09 June 2026
Weakening of a major ocean-current system is causing temperatures to drop in a patch of the Atlantic Ocean.
Changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) might be responsible for the ‘cold blob’ (light blue), a patch of unusually cold water in the North Atlantic. Credit: Mikkel Juul Jensen/Science Photo Library
As the planet warms, there’s one place that’s cooling, an effect probably caused by changes in a key circulation pattern in the Atlantic Ocean1.
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