University of Washington Study: Pacific "Blob" Likely to Return in Five Years Time
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Peninsula Daily News] By Chris McDaniel - April 22, 2016
The so-called “warm blob” that emerged in 2013 and 2014 off the Pacific Northwest and just recently dissipated is a recurring phenomenon — known as a marine heat wave — expected to return in five-year intervals, according to a recently released University of Washington study.
Unusually warm oceans can have widespread effects on marine ecosystems, scientists say.
Warm patches off the Pacific Northwest from 2013 to 2015, and a couple of years earlier in the Atlantic Ocean, affected everything from sea lions to fish migrations to coastal ...
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