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   From: here@is.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 22:05:07 -0400, Retrograde   
    wrote:   
      
   >Was expecting a biological explanation. Turns out it was a climate   
   >phenomenon.  Learn how to name things better, scientists, c'mon!   
      
   Blob - a drop of a thick liquid or viscous substance.   
      
   "...The Blob was first detected in October of 2013...when a large   
   circular body of sea-water did not cool as expected and remained much   
   warmer than the average normal temperatures for that location and   
   season."   
      
   "The Blob was an anomalous body having sea surface temperature much   
   above normal, "   
      
      
   The Blob (Pacific Ocean) - The Blob was a large mass of relatively   
   warm water in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of North America that   
   was first detected in late 2013 and continued to spread throughout   
   2014 and 2015.[1][2] It was an example of a marine heatwave. Sea   
   surface temperatures indicated that The Blob persisted into 2016,[3]   
   but it was initially thought to have dissipated later that year.   
      
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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