The warm water of the Pacific 'Blob' extended all the way to the U.S. West Coast by fall 2014.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by NOAA Fisheries, SF Chronicle, and AGU/University of Washington press release; minor timing variation (summer vs fall 2014) noted in some secondary sources but not contradictory. [tier=gold indep_score=0.867 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- A Striking New View of the Pacific 'Blob' (seed:science_and_space)
- https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/looking-back-blob-record-warming-drives-unprecedented-ocean-change (corroboration)
- https://www.sfchronicle.com/environment/article/Blob-of-warm-Pacific-water-is-back-14426451.php (corroboration)
- https://news.agu.org/press-release/warm-blob-in-pacific-ocean-linked-to-weird-weather-across-the-u-s/ (corroboration)