The Blob

• The North Pacific heat ‘blob’ is back and experts are worried about marine life

  'This blob is a couple of degrees warmer than what we would expect for this particular time of year,' Christopher Harley, a professor of marine ecology, said.

  Weather

  Nov 3, 2025
  
• Heat wave nicknamed ‘the Blob’ may have affected Pacific Ocean’s carbon capture powers: UBC study

  A massive ocean heatwave known as 'the Blob' may have affected the phytoplankton that play a role in helping the ocean capture climate-polluting carbon.

  Science

  Oct 28, 2021
  
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• ‘It’s just terrible’: Winnipeg homes filled with cement after slurry backs up through sewer line

  'We didn’t know what to do, we were shocked.'

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2021
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• ‘Venom is real!’: Intelligent, goo-like ‘blob’ unveiled at Paris zoo

  The blob looks like a fungus, acts like an animal, moves without limbs, eats without a mouth and learns without a brain.

  Trending

  Oct 17, 2019
• Return of ‘the Blob?’ New marine heatwave off B.C. coast raises concerns

  U.S. scientists say the huge patch of warm water in the Pacific is the second largest recorded in the last 40 years.

  Sep 6, 2019
• Your winter forecast with guest appearance by ‘The Blob’

  Early indications of an El Nino year and a 'blob' of warm water in the Pacific Ocean could mean B.C. is in store for a mild winter this year.

  Science

  Oct 18, 2018