The sea just south of Greenland has remained relatively cool compared with the rest of the North Atlantic.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by multiple independent journalistic sources (CNN, Science News, Euronews, ScienceAlert) and a university press release referencing peer-reviewed research on the 'cold blob' phenomenon linked to AMOC weakening. [tier=silver indep_score=0.917 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Is the Atlantic Ocean's great conveyer belt really slowing ... (seed:science_and_space)
- https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/12/climate/cold-blob-atlantic-amoc-ocean-circulation (corroboration)
- https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2025/06/20/strange-atlantic-cold-spot-traced-ocean-slowdown (corroboration)
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cold-blob-may-signal-current-decline (corroboration)