Cold shoulder
Overall, the Earth is warming up at a sinister rate, which, according to an overwhelming majority of climate scientists, is likely the result of greenhouse gas emissions.
That’s why it’s so interesting, like Mashable points out in a fascinating new story, that a place in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean seems to be getting colder every year.
The drop
A new article in the newspaper. Climate change Explore possible reasons for the cold spot, known as the “warm-up hole” or, charmingly, “the drop.”
The researchers’ conclusion is that the blog is likely caused by a number of complex factors, but mainly by the change in ocean currents and thick clouds gathering over it.
Short circuit
Counterintuitively, the researchers say, the same greenhouse effect that is heating most of the Earth is likely causing the complex phenomena that are causing the bubble to cool.
“Anthropogenic climate change changes the circuitry of the climate system,” said Kristopher Karnauskas, an oceanographer at the University of Colorado Boulder who was not involved in the research. “[The cold blob] it is an interesting manifestation of the danger we are causing. “
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