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A Mysterious Blob of Cold Water Defies Ocean Heat – Now We Know Why : ScienceAlert

Last updated: June 29, 2025 8:10 am
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The Mysterious Cold Spot in the Atlantic Ocean and What It Means for Our Planet

For over a century, a peculiar blob of cold water just south of Greenland has remained stubbornly colder than the surrounding ocean waters. While Earth’s oceans have been warming at unprecedented rates, this cold spot has raised questions among scientists.

University of California Riverside climate scientist Wei Liu, along with oceanographer Kai-Yuan Li, delved into a century’s worth of temperature and salinity data to unravel the mystery of this cold patch. What they discovered is alarming.


Atlantic sea surface temperature trend between 1900 and 2005 for the average of six observation datasets. (Kai-Yuan Li/University of California Riverside)

The researchers found that the cold spot extends 3,000 meters deep and is a result of the slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The AMOC is a crucial ocean circulation system that redistributes heat around the globe.

As the AMOC weakens, it disrupts the balance of ocean currents, leading to significant consequences for global climate patterns. If the AMOC stalls completely, it could disrupt monsoon seasons, intensify winters in North America and Europe, and have cascading effects on ecosystems and global food security.

The root cause of the AMOC slowdown lies in the changing dynamics of ocean water density. With increasing freshwater input from melting glaciers due to climate change, the salt concentrations in the ocean water decrease, making it less dense and disrupting the sinking process that drives the AMOC.

Diagram showing the flow of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation through the oceans
The AMOC circulates water vertically as well as latitudinally. The blue blob of cooling in the North Atlantic betrays the system’s slowing. (Ruijian Gou/Rahmstorf, Oceanography, 2024)

Li and Liu’s research indicates that the AMOC has been weakening for more than a century and is likely to continue to do so if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. Their findings were published in Communications Earth & Environment, shedding light on the urgent need to address climate change and its impact on ocean circulation systems.

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