US EditionMystery Behind Cold Blob in the Atlantic Ocean Finally Solved
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A cold water area south of Greenland puzzles. Researchers found the reason in a weakened current.
Scientists discover the cause of Atlantic Ocean’s mysterious cold spot
For over a century, scientists have noticed something unusual in the North Atlantic Ocean. While most oceans around the globe steadily warm, the region south of Greenland has stubbornly cooled, creating a noticeable cold spot. After years of debate, researchers from the University of California, Riverside have identified the likely culprit behind this puzzling anomaly—a slowing of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC. Underst…
Mediafax This area, located in the south of Greenland, has recorded a decline of up to 0.3°C in the last century — despite the global trend in ocean warming. According to the study published on May 28 in the magazine Communications Earth and Environment, the wine is slowing down the southern circulation of Atlantic investment (AMOC – Atlantic Southern Overturning Circuit), writes Live Science. AMOC, the system of ocean currents modelling the Nor…
© Kai-Yuan Li / University of California, Riverside (UC Riverside) Paradoxical cooling in the Atlantic: The North Atlantic heat hole is formed by a weakening ocean current (AMOC).
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