The ocean has been heating up over the past century, largely due to human activity that produces heat-trapping greenhouse gases. But strangely, a patch of the Atlantic Ocean south of Greenland and ...

Scientists worry that a cold blob of water in the North Atlantic is a troubling signal for ocean currents. Advancing Earth and Space Sciences Climate scientists are monitoring a blob of cold water in ...

Scientists have linked an unusual "cold blob" in the North Atlantic — one eerily similar to the one featured in the film "The Day After Tomorrow," that has a major impact on global weather. "The ...

Earth’s oceans are heating up, but one patch in the North Atlantic has cooled by about 1 degree Celsius since the 19th century. Scientists now think they know why: The “cold blob” is the result of ...

In the North Atlantic Ocean, south of Greenland and Iceland, a large patch of water is doing something very strange. While the rest of the ocean heats up, it’s been getting colder. A new study says it ...

As the planet warms, it’s becoming increasingly rare to see cooler than average conditions across vast stretches of the ocean, particularly as an expected super El Niño scorches parts of the Pacific.

As the planet warms, there’s one place that’s cooling, an effect probably caused by changes in a key circulation pattern in the Atlantic Ocean 1. Since the nineteenth century, temperatures have cooled ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The mysterious North Atlantic "cold blob"—an unusually cool patch of ...

A part of the Atlantic Ocean, just south of Greenland and Iceland, has been cooling off while the rest of the world gets hotter. This enigmatic patch is often referred to as the "cold blob" and ...