article_snippet.sent: Water temperatures warmer than they should be.
article_snippet.sent: In the fall of 2013 and early 2014 we started to notice a big, almost circular mass of water that just didn't cool off as much as it usually did, so by spring of 2014 it was warmer than we had ever seen it for that time of year," said Nick Bond, who works at the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean in Seattle, Washington.
article_snippet.sent: The result was more heat staying in the water because storms didn't kick up and help cool the surface water.
article_snippet.sent: The warmer temperatures we see now aren't due to more heating, but less winter cooling," a recent news release from the University of Washington announcing the studies said.
article_snippet.sent: According to New Scientist magazine, some marine species are exploring the warmer waters, leading some fish to migrate hundreds of miles from hundreds of miles normal habitats.
article_snippet.sent: It appears that food has moved to cooler waters.
highlights_snippet.sent: Waters in a huge area of the Pacific are running 5.5 degrees warmer than normal .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Marine life that likes cooler water has moved and others that like warm seas are seen in new places .
  