Richard Michael Blaber<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@rahmstorf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rahmstorf</span></a></span> This excludes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> & the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> Ocean, which have been warming at greater than <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> average rates, as (e.g.) <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@ZLabe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ZLabe</span></a></span> will confirm. The "cold blob" is the effect of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desalination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desalination</span></a>, caused by melting of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a>, resulting in slowing of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thermohaline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thermohaline</span></a> circulation current. I'm educated to PhD level - I realise it's not easy to explain all this to the average layperson.</p>