How New Zealand's hot "blob" affects the climate

Ein einsamer Pinguin in Neuseeland - wo 13 der 18 weltweiten Pinguinarten heimisch sind. Source: Unsplash / Nik Shuliahin
Researchers have been keeping an eye on a mass of warm water that has formed in the sea off New Zealand since 2013. A study now shows that the “blob”, as scientists have christened it, favors an extreme drought in South America.
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