Ocean ‘cold blob’ is evidence for a troubling climate trend

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT

09 June 2026

Weakening of a major ocean-current system is causing temperatures to drop in a patch of the Atlantic Ocean.

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 Ocean1.

Nature 654, 575 (2026)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-01826-9

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