Fig. 4: Environmental factors contribute to climate change-induced changes in the status of the surface ocean.
From: Global biogeography of microbes driving ocean ecological status under climate change
The dominant environmental contributors to the changes in ecological status were determined at each grid point. The areas without changes in ecological status were excluded. The factors associated with nutrients are marked by a red frame and were the most important contributors under the SSP1-1.9 scenario (a). The ecological status in most ocean areas was determined by the concentrations of oxygen and carbonate under the SSP5-8.5 scenario (b). MLD mixed-layer depth.
