Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) I kitea te oranga moana e kaukau ana i ngā wāhi rerekē. He mahana ake te pāmahana o te wai i te mea e tika ana. Kāore he hukarere i ngā wāhi e tika ana kia nui. E ai ki ētahi kaipūtaiao, tērā pea kei te whai wāhi te "The Blob". I te mea e haere ana nga ingoa, kaore te kupu e tino manukanuka. Engari ki te mea he kaihao ika ika koe i Washington, he tangata noho rānei i California, e hiahia ana kia kite i te mutunga o te waipuke, ka taea e te porohita te noho hei hoariri nui rawa. He kaipūtaiao āhuarangi o te Whare Wānanga o Washington me ōna hoa e ako ana i te kōpae - he wāhi nui o te wai mahana i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa - mō ngā marama. "I te ngahuru o te tau 2013 me te timatanga o te tau 2014 ka kite matou i tetahi nui, tata ki te porohita o te wai kaore i tino makariri i te mea i mahia e ia, na te puna o te tau 2014 he mahana ake i a maatau i kite ai mo taua wa o te tau", e kii ana a Nick Bond, e mahi ana i te Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean i Seattle, Washington. Ko Bond, nāna i tapa te ingoa ki te porohita, i kii ko te 1,000 maero te roa, ko te 1,000 maero te whanui, ko te 100 maero te hohonu i te tau 2014 - ā, kua tipu ake i tēnei tau. Ehara koinei anake; e rua atu i puta mai i te tau 2014, e ai ki a Nate Mantua o te Southwest Fisheries Science Center - he wāhanga o te National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - i te marama o Hepetema. Ko tētahi kei te Moana o Bering, ko tētahi kei te takutai o te tonga o California. Ko ngā wai i roto i te kōhanga kua mahana ake e 5.5 nekehanga, he pikinga nui. He huinga rangahau tata nei i whakaputaina i roto i te Geophysical Research Letters e te rōpū o Bond e tohu ana ki te taumata pēhanga tiketike i runga i te Tai Hauauru kua marino nga wai moana mo nga hotoke e rua. Ko te hua, he nui ake te wera e noho ana i roto i te wai, nā te mea kāore ngā tupuhi i te kaha ake, ā, i āwhina ki te whakawātea i te wai mata. "Ko nga pāmahana mahana ake e kite ana tatou i tenei wa ehara i te mea he nui ake te wera, engari he iti ake te makariri o te hotoke", e kii ana te panui hou mai i te Whare Wananga o Washington e whakaatu ana i nga rangahau. Kua mahi tahi te whare wānanga me te NOAA i runga i te rangahau. E ai ki te maheni New Scientist, kei te torotoro ētahi momo moana i ngā wai mahana ake,...
Ko ngā wai i tētahi wāhi nui o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa e rere ana 5.5 nekehanga teitei ake i te tikanga. Kua neke atu te oranga moana e pai ana ki te wai makariri, ā, ko ētahi atu e pai ana ki ngā moana mahana ka kitea i ngā wāhi hou. Tērā pea kei te whai pānga a "The Blob" ki te ua me te hukarere -- me te maroke o te Tai Hauāuru.