Climate change preview? Pacific Ocean ‘blob’ appears to take toll on Alaska cod
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Gulf of Alaska cod populations appear to have nose-dived, a collapse fishery scientists believe is linked to warm water temperatures known as “the blob” that peaked in 2015.