A toxic algal bloom stretched along the entire West Coast of the United States during the Pacific 'Blob' period.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent, authoritative sources including UW, NOAA, and UC Santa Cruz research, consistently describing a coastwide toxic algal bloom coinciding with the 'Blob' marine heatwave. [tier=gold indep_score=0.723 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- A Striking New View of the Pacific 'Blob' (seed:science_and_space)
- https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/sep15/westcoast-habs.html (corroboration)
- https://news.ucsc.edu/2015/12/toxic-algae/ (corroboration)
- https://www.washington.edu/news/2016/09/29/ocean-conditions-contributed-to-unprecedented-2015-toxic-algal-bloom/ (corroboration)