Table 2 Proportion of the Arctic Ocean (> 66.5°N) or the Arctic and sub-Arctic (> 50°N) that emerges as having distinct bloom timing or importance metrics in 2020 or 2100 relative to 1970

From: End-of-century Arctic Ocean phytoplankton blooms start a month earlier due to anthropogenic climate change

Metric

Region

2020 (%)

2100 (%)

Bloom Start

> 50°N

1.4

46.7

 

> 66.5°N

1.0

71.3

Bloom End

> 50°N

0.1

25.9

 

> 66.5°N

< 0.1

27.1

Bloom Length

> 50°N

< 0.1

9.0

 

> 66.5°N

< 0.1

9.4

Annual NPP

> 50°N

5.7

53.4

 

> 66.5°N

10.3

49.7

Bloom NPP

> 50°N

2.9

36.5

 

> 66.5°N

6.0

40.6

Bloom Daily Rate of NPP

> 50°N

2.8

27.2

 

> 66.5°N

5.6

15.5