A UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory study is finding evidence that warming ocean temperatures are affecting North Coast marine life. Scientists say the area was deeply affected by the so-called Warm Blob that lingered along the West Coast for three years, raising ocean temperatures by as much as four degrees. The rising temperatures altered the food chain enough to spread starvation among several species of wildlife. The warming waters make certain aquatic animals more vulnerable to acidification, another effect of climate change already measurable off the Sonoma Coast.