Fig. 1: Spatial-temporal distribution of heatwave days in actual climate and those caused by anthropogenic climate change in China.
From: The burden of heatwave-related preterm births and associated human capital losses in China
HWDs, heatwave days. a The temporal trend of observed national HWDs in actual climate during 1979-2020. b Temporal trends of simulated HWDs in the factual (with anthropogenic climate change) and counterfactual (without anthropogenic climate change) scenarios. Solid lines denote the annual mean HWDs across the 10 General Circulation Models and the shaded areas correspond to 95%CIs across the mean estimates. The differences between HWDs of the two scenarios are HWDs attributed to anthropogenic climate change. c Spatial distribution (at a 0.5-degree spatial resolution) of annual average HWDs in actual climate during 2010-2020. d Spatial distribution of annual average HWDs induced by anthropogenic warming.
