[D66] BLOB: Marine Heat Wave

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https://paulbeckwith.net/2019/09/26/the-return-of-blob-2-0-marine-heat-wave/

Return of the BLOB; aka Marine Heat Wave // Sep 25, 2019

In 2014 a phenomena appeared on which there is no history. The ocean
temperature off the west coast of North America rose and destroyed
marine diversity and wreaked havoc on weather patterns around the globe.
Known as the “BLOB”, this voracious spot raised water temperatures in
the North Pacific between 4 and 5 degrees Celsius (7-8 F), killing off
humpback whales, Pacific cod, and huge numbers of birds, among other
creatures.

Is the BLOB, otherwise known as a Marine Heat Wave (MHW) back to torture
us? Water temperature is thus far up 2.8 degrees C.

I continue chatting on the new “BLOB”, this voracious spot of very high
water temperatures in the North Pacific Ocean, otherwise known as a
Marine Heat Wave (MHW). As abrupt climate change accelerates, the
heating is highly non uniform across the planet. Most people know that
Arctic Warming is 3x to 5x faster than the global average, but not that:

    * land is warming 2x faster than oceans
    * mountain regions 2x to 3x faster
    * western ocean boundary currents 2x to 3x faster than the overall
ocean.


Five warmest January-August global temperatures since at least 1880…
1. 2016
2. *2019*
3. 2017
4. 2015
5. 2018