PMEL in the News
Does the 'Blob' foretell North Pacific future?
There is good news and bad news about the big warm-water "Blob" that has wreaked havoc on the North Pacific for the past three years, an expert told fellow scientists at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium in Anchorage. The good news: The unusual warm conditions that have persisted in the waters off Alaska and the West Coast now appear to be diminishing, said the climatologist who named the water mass the "Blob."
Scientist Hopes Cold North Wind Will Cool Northern Bering Sea
The north winds are blowing and it's cold; just the right combination to cool down the Northern Bering Sea. "These strong, frigid winds out of the north, we could push ice quickly over the shelf,” said Phyllis Stabeno with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory.
Seattle weather about to take a change toward ‘typical’
After Seattle weather dished up weeks of a cold snap, warm rain struck quickly, flooding the region. “You heard about the flood right? It’s water under the bridge,” University of Washington State Climatologist Nick Bond told KIRO Radio’s Ron and Don Show.
Breathtaking New Video Footage of the Ocean's Uncharted Depths
Over thirteen thousand feet below the surface, hundred-foot hydrothermal vents spew black, 690 degree fluid like chimneys from the ocean floor. Tiny crabs, shrimp and limpets scuttle beneath the smokestacks, and a remotely-operated vehicle named SuBastian went down there recently to join them.
Scientists Find Life at Unexplored Ocean Depths
Led by Dr. David Butterfield, JISAO, University of Washington, and Dr. William Chadwick, NOAA-PMEL and Oregon State University, the group returned to the Back-Arc for the second phase of a two-part exploration of the region.