Marine heat wave that resembled ‘Blob’ shrinks, moves farther offshore
This year’s heat wave may be shrinking and moving offshore, but it’s unclear whether it will persist, what effects the high surface temperatures have had on animals or how this will affect seasons to come. … “We are not concluding it’s over yet,” said Chris Harvey, a Northwest Fisheries Science Center research biologist of the heat wave, adding that scientists will watch for water-churning winter storms that could halt the unusual pattern.