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.
