Geo Map from Scientific Research

Change is relative to the historical period (1990–2009) and is presented for RCP 8.5 in the time period 2070–2099. Pixels are aggregated to 50x the original resolution (~1 km2 at the equator) for visualization, with the value presented being the mean change across all aggregated pixels. Agricultural suitability is ranked from 0 to 100 as per ref. 14, with 0 denoting not suitable, 1–32 marginally suitable, 33–75 moderately suitable and 76–100 highly suitable. Thus, a change of +100 indicates that previously unsuitable land will be highly suitable for agriculture. Alaska and northeastern Russia are removed to improve visualization since little forestry land is mapped here.

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