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'Warm blob' in Pacific Ocean source of wonky weather
2015-04-10 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: A blob of warm water in the Pacific Ocean may be to blame for some of the bizarre weather in the United States this year, a new study suggests. From the dry spell in the West to the East Coast's endless snow season, the country has seen its share of weird weather so far in 2015. For that, scientists say, you can thank (or curse) a long, skinny blob in the Pacific Ocean about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) off the West Coast, stretching all the way from Mexico to Alaska. "In the fall of 2013 and...
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Californias drought & weird warm blob in Pacific that may be fueling it
2015-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Post: This figure shows the anomaly in surface temperatures off the coast of Washington in Oregon in April 2014. The green sections are less than 1 degree Celsius warmer than the 1981-2010 averages, while the orange sections are 1.5 degrees or more above average. (NOAA) The Blob sounds like a monster in a movie (in fact, it was, twice) -- a mysterious, watery presence that disrupts wildlife, causes the weather to go haywire and sends humans into a panic. But unlike its horror film predecessors,...
'Warm blob' in Pacific Ocean linked to weird weather across the US
2015-04-09 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] The one common element in recent weather has been oddness. The West Coast has been warm and parched; the East Coast has been cold and snowed under. Fish are swimming into new waters, and hungry seals are washing up on California beaches. A long-lived patch of warm water off the West Coast, about 1 to 4 degrees Celsius (2 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit) above normal, is part of what's wreaking much of this mayhem, according to two University of Washington papers to appear in …
Kossacks Receive Warm Welcome from Embassy Staff
2015-03-29 21:02:58| Food - Topix.net
Yesterday, on a glorious Rocky Mountain Spring day, the Four Corners Kossacks had a meet-up. In an effort to bolster diplomatic relations, we led a delegation on an International Diplomatic Outreach.
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Warm Winter in Pacific Northwest means less snowpack and water worries
2015-03-15 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: If it seemed like Oregon has had a lot of unseasonably warm days this winter, well, its because we have. Now the focus is on a very low snowpack and the implications that may have later this year. The meteorological winter which is comprised of December, January and February recently wrapped up and depending on where you live in Oregon, it was one of the warmest if not the warmest winters on record. It has been a very, very warm winter almost historically so, said Philip Mote,...
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