Figure 1. Spatial variability of global anthropogenic GH emissions and projected end-of-century temperature anomalies. (IMAGE)

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Figure 1. Spatial variability of global anthropogenic GH emissions and projected end-of-century temperature anomalies.

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(A) Anthropogenic GH emissions (CO2, BC, CH4, and N2O) averaged from 1970 to 2018, (B) summarized in columnar form by 1° latitude means. (C) Multimodel ensemble of surface air temperature departures for the RCP 8.5 scenario over 2050-2099 relative to the 1956-2005 temperature baseline, (D) also averaged in 1° latitude bins. Extreme emissions are largely concentrated in human population centers (see fig. S18), while extreme temperature shifts are widespread at high latitudes. By comparison to land, the ocean has a lower amplitude in both datasets, with few emissions and lower projected temperature shifts.

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