Blue Bob
A chilly area called Blue Bob can be found south of Iceland and Greenland.
- The sea surface temperature was roughly 1.4 degrees Celsius below normal during the winter of 2014–2015, when the cold patch was most noticeable.
- Iceland's glaciers rapidly receded from 1995 to 2010, losing an average of 11 billion tonnes of ice per year, while the Arctic region is apparently warming four times faster than the global average.
- The Blue Blob has been connected to cooler air temperatures above Iceland's glaciers and cooler waters.
- Nevertheless, starting in 2011, the rate of Iceland's melting reduced, resulting in about half as ....
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