Extended Data Fig. 6: Slowing SMOC rates on intermediate ocean carbon uptake.
From: Reduced CO2 uptake and growing nutrient sequestration from slowing overturning circulation
The intermediate water (100–2000 m) storage of regenerated dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) (top row, A-C), preformed DIC (middle row, D-F), and total DIC (bottom row, G-I) by year 2100 (2080–2099 compared to 1850–1869) from eleven CMIP6 SSP1-2.6 projections (left column), twelve CMIP6 SSP2-4.5 projections (middle column), and thirteen CMIP6 SSP5-8.5 projections (right column) are compared with the relative declines of export production and SMOC rates (regenerated DIC) and declines in SMOC rate (preformed DIC and total DIC) by year 2100 (2080-2099 compared to 1850–1869). Plotted numbers indicate model number in Supplementary Table 1.
