Researchers Track Widespread Impacts of Warm Water "Blob" on Alaska's Marine Habitats ( Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] August 28, 2015
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Effects of the Blob in Alaska waters. More after this --
Fish deaths, drought in California – those sad happenings and more are being blamed on a giant blob of warm water pushed against coastlines on the West Coast, Canada and into Alaska. It spans 1,000 miles in each direction and runs 300 feet deep.
"They call it the blob because of its original circular shape on the sea surface. However, this feature is not static, it’s constantly reshaping itself in circulation from mixing so over the course of two years it has spread itself along the west coast."
Carol Janzen is an oceanographer and Operations Director at the Alaska Ocean Observing System in Anchorage. The Blob stems from an unusual weather pattern of high pressure that caused a ridge over the Pacific...
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