It turns out that the melting of glaciers in the Arctic has experienced a natural slowdown due to the Blue Blob.
What are Blueblobs?
Blue Blob The Blue Blob is an area in the North Atlantic Ocean near Iceland. This area is precisely in the south of Iceland and Greenland.
Blue Blob has been proven to prevent glaciers in Iceland from melting since 2011 and is expected to continue until 2050. Blue Blob temperatures are very cold. Even in 2014 to 2015, sea surface temperatures were up to 1.4 degrees Celsius cooler than usual.
Prior to the discovery of the Blue Blob, Iceland's glaciers were melting very progressively. It is estimated that the volume of glaciers in Iceland is melting up to 11 gigatons each year.
However, after the discovery of the Blue Blob in 2011, the volume of melting glaciers decreased to only 5 gigatons per year. Iceland is the fourth largest iceberg on Earth. Iceland has a total ice volume of 3,400 cubic kilometers.
If all this ice melted, it would raise the Earth's surface by up to 9 millimeters.
Research on the Blue Blob Experts are still researching the Blue Blob area. They say the discovery is important for understanding the Arctic area. The arctic area is very difficult to understand because it changes so fast.
Yet understanding the Arctic is critical to understanding what we can expect from Earth if it continues to experience global warming.
Until now it is not known why the Blue Blob area has a colder temperature compared to the surrounding area.
Temporary suspicion, the cold temperature comes from cold deep sea water that rises to the surface. Another suggestion is that the climate has changed, pushing warmer waters in the Atlantic Ocean to the Arctic.
