By fall 2014, the warm water of the Pacific 'Blob' extended all the way to the U.S. West Coast.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by NOAA Fisheries, NASA Earthdata, and a peer-reviewed study (PMC5703460), all consistent that the warm water mass reached the U.S. West Coast by fall 2014, with minor variation on exact seasonal onset. [tier=bronze indep_score=0.539 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- A Striking New View of the Pacific 'Blob' (seed:science_and_space)
- https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/feature-articles/blob (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5703460/ (corroboration)
- https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/looking-back-blob-record-warming-drives-unprecedented-ocean-change (corroboration)