https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blob_%28Pacific_Ocean%29
The Blob is an anomalous body having sea surface temperature much above the normal, seen here in a graphic of April 2014 by the NOAA.
The Blob is a large mass of warm water in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of North America.[1]
It was first detected in late 2013 and is expected to continue
throughout 2015. It is an anomaly in ocean conditions and is considered
to have a role in the formation of the unusual weather conditions felt
in the Pacific Coast.[1] The warm waters of the Blob are nutrient poor and have adversely affected marine life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blob_%28Pacific_Ocean%29#Effect_on_marine_life
The discovery of a skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), primarily a fish of warm tropical waters, off Copper River, in Alaska, 200 miles (320 km) north of the previous geographic limit, and a dead sooty storm-petrel (Oceanodroma tristrami), a species native to Northern Asia and Hawaii, along with a few brown boobies (Sula leucogaster) in the Farallon Islands of California, besides other such records, has led to worries amongst marine biologists that the food web across the Pacific is in danger of disruption.[10]
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