National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce

Climatologist talks El Nino, the Blob, climate change

Wed, 09/19/2018
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Imagine a hangover that lasts for years. In 2013 and 2014, a mass of warm water formed off the West Coast. The Blob, so named by Washington State Climatologist Nick Bond, persisted through 2015 and 2016 after a massive El Nino event hit and kept it alive. Temperatures inside the Blob were recorded at nearly 3 degrees C warmer than normal. Nick Bond is interviewed.