An unusually cool ‘blue blob’ in the North Atlantic is slowing glacier loss in Iceland
The area of cold water will likely persist until the 2050s — after which ice loss is expected to again accelerate.
February 17, 2022
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A patch of unusually cold water in the North Atlantic Ocean, known as the “blue blob,” could forestall some of Iceland’s glacier melt in the next three decades, a new study says.
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