PMEL in the News
Climatologist talks El Nino, the Blob, climate change
Imagine a hangover that lasts for years. In 2013 and 2014, a mass of warm water formed off the West Coast. The Blob, so named by Washington State Climatologist Nick Bond, persisted through 2015 and 2016 after a massive El Nino event hit and kept it alive. Temperatures inside the Blob were recorded at nearly 3 degrees C warmer than normal. Nick Bond is interviewed.
A climatologist gives us a look into the cause of hurricanes
Nick Bond is interviewed on King5 New-Day Northwest about hurricanes, what causes these massive storms, this hurricane season compared to others, and why the west coast is safer from this type of weather.
AgInfo Radio: Fall Weather Outlook Part 1
Nick Bond is featured on the Washington State Farm Bureau Report with Bob Larson on AgInfo, the West's largest agribusiness radio news network.
NOAA deploys a flotilla of Saildrones in the Arctic
In 2014, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) partnered with Saildrone, Inc. to test the possibilities of using unmanned sailing vehicles to collect data. From 2015 to 2017, missions including one to the Bering Sea, were used to verify the data platforms and to confirm that the sensors were working well. Each year they continued to tweak the challenge sensors adding more complex variables. Jessica Cross is quoted.