A recent paper by Ariza et al. in Nature Climate Change used hierarchical clustering algorithms to group ocean scatterers for examination of how they are predicted to change under different climate scenarios. They found that there was a marked decrease predicted out to 2100 that could be mitigated if CO2 emissions were curbed.

I did a quick write up as well about what this means more broadly for the fields of ocean prediction and what makes this study unique. Hopefully we can have global clearinghouses for these ecological models to parallel the IPCC efforts for climate models.

E.L. Hazen, 2022. Climate change is “heard” in the ocean depths. Nature Climate Change. DOI: 10.1038/s41558-022-01484-5. PDF