In reviewing Pacific Ocean measurements, scientists from Columbia University in New York found that ocean temperatures off Taiwan's east coast were rising, and linked the trend to the weakening northeast monsoon. In fact, data showed that the water temperature off Taiwan's coast had shot up to 29 ° C, more than three degrees above the year-round average.
根據美國哥倫比亞大學氣象研究中心針對太平洋海域的觀測發現，台灣東側海溫的上升，與冬季東北季風減弱有關，而台灣海域水溫一度出現攝氏二十九度高溫，比全年海水平均溫至少高出三度。