article_snippet: The graphic above shows the sea in the North Atlantic is cooler than the North Atlantic ocean due to the influx of fresh water from the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, which has slowed the gulf stream, say scientists .
article_snippet: Professor Stefan Rahmstorf, an oceans physicist at the Potsdam Insittute for Climate Impact Research, said: 'It is conspicuous that one specific area in the North Atlantic has been cooling in the past hundred years while the rest of the world heats up. '
article_snippet: The researchers, whose study is published in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that the sea in the northern Atlantic is colder than predicted by computer models.
article_snippet: However, the researchers also found that the cooling above the northern Atlantic may also help to slightly reduce the effect of warming on the continents due to climate change.
highlights_snippet: Scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research found the sea in the North Atlantic ocean is far colder than computer models predict .
  