Fig. 5: Equatorial Pacific net primary production reductions across the equatorial Pacific in the United States and Russia nuclear war scenario. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 5: Equatorial Pacific net primary production reductions across the equatorial Pacific in the United States and Russia nuclear war scenario.

From: Nuclear Niño response observed in simulations of nuclear war scenarios

Fig. 5

Average annual-mean phytoplankton net primary production (NPP, g C m−2 yr−1) integrated over the top 150 m of the water column 2–5 years post-conflict for a the control ensemble mean and b the 150 Tg simulation. c Anomaly in NPP, as indicated by the difference between NPP in the 150 Tg simulation and the NPP from the control ensemble mean. d Temporal evolution of the NPP anomalies averaged over the Eastern Equatorial Pacific biome and Peru Exclusive Economic Zone (black/pink contours in c) post-conflict as a percentage of the control run mean. Anomalies defined as in (c).

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