Fig. 3: Global variation in the abruptness and timing of exposure and opportunity.
From: Temporal dynamics of climate change exposure and opportunities for global marine biodiversity
Each column shows results from a different emission scenario. a–c Abruptness of exposure. d–f Abruptness of opportunity. g–i Timing of exposure. j–l Timing of opportunity. Exposure occurs more abruptly than opportunity under SSP5-8.5. Opportunities arise earlier and more abruptly under SSP1-2.6 when compared to SSP5-8.5 and SSP2-4.5. The maps show the metrics calculated from the median across nine climate models. Only assemblages with more than five species exposed or five opportunities are shown. Source Data for this figure can be found in ref. 72.
