William Maze
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/22/us/pacific-ocean-blob/index.htmlIn the article, “Blob of warm Pacific water threatens ecosystem, may intensify drought,” it talks about how there is a blob of water in the pacific ocean that has no life and where it should be significantly hotter than other places in the water. In the fall of 2013 and early 2014 scientists started to find this big blob of water that did not get cooler like the rest of the water around it. To most this blob is not a very big deal however, the salmon fishermen and other fishermen need the fish to make a living and to supply the markets. For the past few years, a ridge of high pressure has kept the West dry and warm, making the drought in California more frustrating. This weather pattern has been confusing for the experts in which some of them think that this is a long lasting el nino. Dennis Hartmann, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Washington, says, "I don't think we know … maybe it will go away quickly and we won't talk about it anymore, but if it persists for a third year, then we'll know something really unusual is going on."
This article is significant because if some of these experts are not correct about the blob being an el nino, then we could be dealing with global warming. This could also put people out of work. For example, if there is no more fish close to the shores of Seattle and the boat can only go so far then that business would eventually start to fall. This could also kill a lot of fish and sea wildlife if they stay in the blob for too long.
This article was very short and only gave a summary of what is really happening in the pacific ocean and the blob. There were not many other speakers in this article meaning we could not hear any other theories of what this blob could be. Overall, this article was interesting but i did not receive a full understanding of what the experts really think this is and what is really coming up on the weather radars.
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