Special report: A huge disruption to California's coastal ecosystem is under way after several years of unusually warm ocean conditions and drought.

The 'blob' caused it this time around. But oceans will keep getting warmer in the future.

Fishing for pinks has been really up and down the last few years. In 2014 the catch was really low, and then 2015 it was amazing with more than we had ever seen before. This year's pink salmon return again, was really bad.

Purse seiner crew scrambles to shovel the huge bycatch of Northern sea nettle jelly fish (Chrysaora melanaster) overboard.

Coastal erosion near Cape Blossom

Proliferation of thick brown algae is affecting fishing, tourism and marine life on both sides of the Atlantic, say scientists

Tuesday’s (September 29) sighting of a gray whale swimming and possibly feeding right off the Stanley Park Seawall brings recent sightings up to three in that area. It isn’t clear if it is the same whale or different whales in the widely reported incidents since August 12. One whale, perhaps the same animal each time, was observed for days in the same area in English Bay, sometimes travelling into Burrard Inlet and off West Vancouver’s Ambleside Beach.

Polystyrene debris on beaches

Partially derived from former Super Typhoon Nuri, the typhoon's remnants joined up with the polar jet stream and a very strong disturbance in the mid-latitude belt of westerly winds, leading to explosive development of low pressure.

9-18-14 High surface water temperatures - Bering Sea