What happens when ‘the blob’ meets Godzilla El Niño? Climate chaos and more hot,
This June 19, 2015 aerial photo shows a white heron taking flight over revealed fish nests, normally inches below the waterline in the La Plata reservoir in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Thanks to El Nino, a warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that affects global weather, less rain fell to help refill the reservoir, as well as the La Plata river in the central island community of Naranjito.
The El Niño is expected to bring another warm, dry winter to southern B.C., and experts are watching to see how it combines with a warm-water phenomenon called “the blob” already being observed off the coast of the Pacific North West.
“This is where it starts to sound really science fiction, but how these two worlds are coming together … we haven’t seen anything like this before,” said Peter Chandler, an oceanographer with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on Vancouver Island.
Photo: Ricardo Arduengo/AP Images
Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:31:23
