The warm water of the Pacific Blob extended all the way to the U.S. West Coast by fall 2014.
Sources
- A Striking New View of the Pacific 'Blob' (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/feature-articles/blob (earthdata.nasa.gov)
- https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/looking-back-blob-record-warming-drives-unprecedented-ocean-change (fisheries.noaa.gov)
- https://www.sfchronicle.com/environment/article/Blob-of-warm-Pacific-water-is-back-14426451.php (sfchronicle.com)
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