Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Cold Blob is the Canary in the Mine for AMOC Ocean Current Collapse to Shutdown: New Science Update
Over the last few weeks, there have been many reports in the main-stream media on the risks of failing ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean, known as the AMOC - Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.
The source of this flurry is the new science coming out of the Potsdam Institute in Germany, along with researches in China and Iceland.
I chat about the new research findings, and what it can mean for humanity. Basically, when the AMOC shuts off everything on our planet changes. How and where we grow food, for example. What our climate and weather patterns change to, and how quickly.
Buckle your seatbelts...
Plain Language Summary from latest peer-reviewed paper:
A region of the northern Atlantic–sometimes called the “cold blob”–has cooled since the 19th Century while the rest of the world has warmed. It is particularly the ocean which has cooled there. Scientists have been discussing whether this is because ocean currents bring less heat into this region, or because more heat is being lost through the sea surface there. An analysis of temperature data sets based on measurements show it is the former–changing ocean heat transport–which dominates heat content changes in the “cold blob.” This is of concern because a further weakening of Atlantic heat transport in future climate change could lead to serious impacts on climate and weather conditions in Europe and other parts of the world.
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References and Links:
Jeff Berardelli BlueSky Post:
This is the best depiction of the Cold Blob. From Ed Hawkins but it’s a little different, so follow along. There’s a peculiar and eerie blue cold blob in a sea of red warming. It sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s a canary in the climate coal mine because it signals the system is breaking down 1/
https://bsky.app/profile/weatherprof.bsky.social/post/3mokwijsfks2g
New Article: Peculiar cold blob on our warming planet is a warning sign
wfla.com/news/peculiar-cold-blob-on-our-warming-planet-is-a-warning-sign
Guardian Article: Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/critical-atlantic-current-significantly-more-likely-to-collapse-than-thought
Peer-reviewed Nature article:
Observed fingerprint of a weakening Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation
nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0006-5
New Peer-Reviewed Science paper in GRL (Geophysical Review Letters) journal:
Multidecadal Atlantic “Warming Hole” Heat Content Variations Are Caused by Ocean Heat Transport, Not by Surface Fluxes
Direct link (open source, free): agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2025GL118383
Abstract
The northern Atlantic south of Greenland and Iceland is the only part of the world which has cooled significantly since the 19th Century both in the atmosphere and ocean. The oceanic cooling is widely assumed to be a result of reduced ocean heat transport into this region. However, some studies have suggested it could be due to increased net heat loss at the sea surface. Here we use observation‐based reanalysis data of ocean heat content and surface flux changes in this region to show that the observed cooling trend cannot be explained by surface heat flux changes, and that multidecadal heat content variations are generally larger and more tightly correlated with ocean heat transport than with surface heat flux variability.
Please donate to PaulBeckwith.net to support my research and videos connecting the dots on abrupt climate system mayhem.
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Cold Blob is the Canary in the Mine for AMOC Ocean Current Collapse to Shutdown: New Science Update
Over the last few weeks, there have been many reports in the main-stream media on the risks of failing ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean, known as the AMOC - Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.
The source of this flurry is the new science coming out of the Potsdam Institute in Germany, along with researches in China and Iceland.
I chat about the new research findings, and what it can mean for humanity. Basically, when the AMOC shuts off everything on our planet changes. How and where we grow food, for example. What our climate and weather patterns change to, and how quickly.
Buckle your seatbelts...
Plain Language Summary from latest peer-reviewed paper:
A region of the northern Atlantic–sometimes called the “cold blob”–has cooled since the 19th Century while the rest of the world has warmed. It is particularly the ocean which has cooled there. Scientists have been discussing whether this is because ocean currents bring less heat into this region, or because more heat is being lost through the sea surface there. An analysis of temperature data sets based on measurements show it is the former–changing ocean heat transport–which dominates heat content changes in the “cold blob.” This is of concern because a further weakening of Atlantic heat transport in future climate change could lead to serious impacts on climate and weather conditions in Europe and other parts of the world.
Please donate to PaulBeckwith.net to support my research and videos connecting the dots on abrupt climate system mayhem.
GoFundMe: gofundme.com/f/help-paul-continue-his-climate-emergency-research
Please subscribe to my YouTube channel. As well as my website, and YouTube, you can find me on Patreon, Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Reddit (multiple climate channels within), Quora, TikTok, Discord, Mastodon, Twitch, Vimeo, Bluesky, TruthSocial, Threads, Substack, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc...
References and Links:
Jeff Berardelli BlueSky Post:
This is the best depiction of the Cold Blob. From Ed Hawkins but it’s a little different, so follow along. There’s a peculiar and eerie blue cold blob in a sea of red warming. It sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s a canary in the climate coal mine because it signals the system is breaking down 1/
https://bsky.app/profile/weatherprof.bsky.social/post/3mokwijsfks2g
New Article: Peculiar cold blob on our warming planet is a warning sign
wfla.com/news/peculiar-cold-blob-on-our-warming-planet-is-a-warning-sign
Guardian Article: Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought
Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas
theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/critical-atlantic-current-significantly-more-likely-to-collapse-than-thought
Peer-reviewed Nature article:
Observed fingerprint of a weakening Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation
nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0006-5
New Peer-Reviewed Science paper in GRL (Geophysical Review Letters) journal:
Multidecadal Atlantic “Warming Hole” Heat Content Variations Are Caused by Ocean Heat Transport, Not by Surface Fluxes
Direct link (open source, free): agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1029/2025GL118383
Abstract
The northern Atlantic south of Greenland and Iceland is the only part of the world which has cooled significantly since the 19th Century both in the atmosphere and ocean. The oceanic cooling is widely assumed to be a result of reduced ocean heat transport into this region. However, some studies have suggested it could be due to increased net heat loss at the sea surface. Here we use observation‐based reanalysis data of ocean heat content and surface flux changes in this region to show that the observed cooling trend cannot be explained by surface heat flux changes, and that multidecadal heat content variations are generally larger and more tightly correlated with ocean heat transport than with surface heat flux variability.
Please donate to PaulBeckwith.net to support my research and videos connecting the dots on abrupt climate system mayhem.
GoFundMe: gofundme.com/f/help-paul-continue-his-climate-emergency-research
Please subscribe to my YouTube channel. As well as my website, and YouTube, you can find me on Patreon, Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Reddit (multiple climate channels within), Quora, TikTok, Discord, Mastodon, Twitch, Vimeo, Bluesky, TruthSocial, Threads, Substack, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc...
