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A ‘Blue Blob’ Is Slowing Glacier Melt In Iceland

A large cool zone that has developed in the North Atlantic may delay some of the worst effects of climate change, but only temporarily.

By Joshua Rapp Learn
Mar 30, 2022 3:20 PMMar 30, 2022 3:22 PM
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(Credit: Joshua Rapp Learn) The Jökulsárlón lagoon on the edge of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier which itself is an outlet of Vatnajökull—the largest glacier in Iceland.

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A massive zone of cool water in the North Atlantic Ocean is slowing the melting of Iceland’s glaciers.

But the so-called Blue Blob, an anomaly in an otherwise warming ocean, may only be around for a few decades before the overall trend of warming takes over again, according to new research.

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