Thu, 04/02/2020 News Article URL: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/oceans-and-climate-change-… The blob went unnoticed at first. In the summer of 2013, a high-pressure ridge settled over a Texas-size area in the northern Pacific, pushing the sky down over the ocean like an invisible lid. Nick Bond is quoted. Keywords: Blob Marine Heatwave Ocean Acidification sea level rise IPCC