Scientist Chelle Gentemann compared the Pacific 'Blob' with sea-surface-temperature records dating back to 1910.
Notes on verification
Confirmed via National Geographic Australia republication and corroborated by peer-reviewed Gentemann et al. 2017 study cited in a California state climate report; the 1910 baseline detail itself comes primarily from National Geographic reporting rather than fully independent sources.
Sources
- A Striking New View of the Pacific 'Blob' (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/science/a-striking-new-view-of-the-pacific-blob.aspx (nationalgeographic.com.au)
- https://oehha.ca.gov/sites/default/files/media/epic/downloads/03coastaloceantemps.pdf (oehha.ca.gov)