A Massive 'Blob' of Hot Water Is Threatening New Zealand's Marine Life

[Judi Lynn]

AYLIN WOODWARD, BUSINESS INSIDER
4 JAN 2020

A swath of the Pacific Ocean larger than New South Wales is heating up, and fast.

About 800 kilometres (497 miles) east of New Zealand's South Island, near the Chatham Islands, ocean temperatures have spiked to almost 6 degrees Celsius warmer than average.

Normally, surface temperatures in that part of the Pacific hover around 15 degrees Celsius (59 Fahrenheit), but the blobs is around 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit), according to James Renwick, a scientist at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.

"It's the biggest patch of above-average warming on the planet right now," Renwick told The Guardian.

In satellite images, this 1,000,000-square-kilometre (386,000 square mile) patch looks like a menacing red blob.

More:
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-giant-blob-of-ocean-near-new-zealand-is-more-than-five-degrees-warmer-than-usual?perpetual=yes&limitstart=1

[Newest Reality]

1. Not good!

It could be related to this, as well. Although massive, red blobs take precedence in my book, especially with a big black spear entering them with yellow masses all around.