The North Pacific heat ‘blob’ is back and experts are worried about marine life

Temperatures across a large part of the North Pacific have reached an all-time high at nearly 2.5 C above the pre-industrial average.

“This blob is a couple of degrees warmer than what we would expect for this particular time of year,” Christopher Harley, a professor of marine ecology at the University of British Columbia, said.

“But it qualifies as being, you know, it’s sort of a one in 10 chance that it would be this warm if you just looked at all the temperatures. So it’s unusual enough to qualify as what’s called a marine heat wave.”

According to the independent environmental organization, Berkeley Earth, the affected area extends from the east coast of Asia to the west coast of North America — known as ‘the blob.’

“It almost worries me that I’m not in more of a state of agitation