Marine Heat Wave Returns to the Northeast Pacific

Marine Heat Wave Returns to the Northeast Pacific

Location

Northeast Pacific

Released time

2019/9/13

Introduction

From 2014-2016, a marine heat wave spread across the northeastern Pacific Ocean—an ocean weather event that researchers coined “the blob.” In the summer of 2019, an expanse of warm surface water returned to the region.

Source

NASA

URL

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145602/marine-heat-wave-returns-to-the-northeast-pacific