Finally, possible food loss due to rising ocean temperatures may be affecting this species.
Q. So what are the implications of increased ocean temperatures?
It tends to stay a little warmer, because the ocean temperature just offshore is in the 30's.
There are satellites which monitors the ocean temperature using infrared.
"You really understand how the ocean temperature is constructed."
See if the ocean temperature is higher above us.
He said historical data on ocean temperature and salinity began to be released in the past four or five years, after the cold war.
Then there is a "control phase" of 15 years in which the ocean temperatures are allowed to vary.
The change in ocean temperature would also affect the blue whale's food supply.
During most of May, the ocean temperature was in the 40's.